The Bandra police had arrested three people including the manager, waiter and cook of ‘Papa Pancho Da Dhaba’ restaurant located in Bandra West after a customer allegedly found a rat in his chicken curry dish. Restaurant manager Vivian Albert Sequeira, the cook and a waiter who served the dish to the complainant, were produced in court on Wednesday and released on bail.

The restaurant at Pali Naka, Bandra West, specialises in Punjabi-style cuisine. The staff allegedly told the police that it was a “small rat” that fell into the vessel while the dish was being cooked.