Indian restaurant licence review after the Home Office investigates 'Illegal working'

AN Indian takeaway has been accused of employing illegal workers by the Home Office and could face its licence being revoked.

- by BRADLEY GERRARD Local Democracy Reporter

The Home Office is seeking to revoke the premises licence of Mumbai Kitchen on Tiverton's Bampton Street

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Mumbai Kitchen, in Tiverton’s Bampton Street, has been visited by immigration officials twice in two years, with at least one individual found on both occasions who did not have the correct permissions to work.

The Home Office has called for a review of the premises licence, and a hearing tomorrow (Wednesday, November 19) will be held in Mid Devon to discuss the restaurant's future.

“We have grounds to believe the licence holder has failed to meet the licensing objectives of prevention of crime and disorder, as illegal working has been identified at this premises,’ the application states.

Mumbai Kitchen did not respond to a request for comment.

A 33-page, partially-redacted, document attached to the request for the licence review provides details of the Home Office's two visits, and outlines the circumstances of those it found that it claims should not have been working.