Overview

• Surveillance video showed a British man of African descent pull out KFC chicken and eat it inside Govinda’s vegetarian restaurant in Soho, offering meat to staff and diners.
• ISKCON London issued an official condemnation, calling the act a deliberate provocation misaligned with the restaurant’s sacred purpose.
• Govinda’s reported the incident to police, prompting the Metropolitan Police to open a formal investigation into the breach.
• In a peaceful counter-response, ISKCON devotees chanted the Hare Krishna mantra outside a nearby KFC outlet to reaffirm their spiritual values.
• The stunt has fueled debate on social media over religious respect, cultural sensitivity and the boundaries of prank culture.