The proprietor of an Indian restaurant in south London recently went to extreme measures to rid the premises of vermin during a routine health inspection by local authorities. Unfortunately for those inspectors, that involving killing a rat and leaving it in a pool of blood -- right in front of them. Following the incident, Rajakumar Rajalingam of New Chutney Express in Tooting was unsurprisingly slapped with a roughly $32,100 (£20,000) fine last week after pleading guilty to series of food safety and trading standards offences. The charges stemmed not only from the rat-killing incident, but from the shop's appalling hygiene conditions. The Independent writes that the officers found even...
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