London Sikh restaurant owner sues Metropolitan Police and Mayor Sadiq Khan over “continued discriminatory treatment” in non-halal dispute

London restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor has announced plans to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. He was arrested and later released over ongoing tensions at a non-halal restaurant.Kapoor, a Sikh businessman who runs the Rangrez restaurant in London’s Hammersmith area, wrote in a post on X that he had been detained for nearly 24 hours after what he called an “unlawful arrest.”“Following the unlawful arrest, I was held for an exhausting 24 hours before being released and immediately returned to work as my family still relied on me,” Kapoor wrote.He claimed he faced “unfair and ongoing discriminatory treatment” and said he intended to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor of London.Kapoor also called on supporters to support his restaurant directly instead of donating online.“I don’t need a GoFundMe or a handout. I want to make my own money,” he wrote.“If you want to support me, dine at Rangrez, a non-halal Indian restaurant in Hammersmith. Support through community rather than charity.”His wife also defended him in another post on X, accusing authorities of repeatedly targeting the restaurateur.“This crazy cartoon @metpoliceuk and @MayorofLondon are scared of my husband @kingkapoor72 because he wants to change London and make it liveable,” she wrote.“As a result, he was unlawfully arrested, unlawfully arrested again and again.”Kapoor has been at the center of controversy in recent months after he publicly promoted Rangrez as a non-halal restaurant.The businessman said the decision was related to his Sikh faith, which traditionally allows eating jhatka meat but prohibits halal slaughter practices for religious reasons.Rangrez, in Fulham Palace Road, west London, had been open for about 16 years before Kapoor said he was considering closing the store after months of controversy, online backlash and protests.According to Kapoor, the restaurant was the target of harassment after it posted a sign inside the store that read, “Proudly we do not sell halal food.”The situation escalated in March after Kapoor promoted a “non-halal party” at a restaurant via social media, encouraging supporters to gather outside the venue and document any disturbances.