KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress leader forced shops to shut down pointing that the spices in biryani will reduce male virility. Biryani shops in Bengal's Cooch Behar were forced to shut down.

Rabindra Nath Ghosh, a former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government and a Trinamool leader, said there have been allegations that the ingredients and spices used in biryani reduced male sex drive.

Meantime, Cooch Behar Municipality Chairman said the shops were closed as they did not have a license. He said that many from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were selling biryani in the area and such shops were operating without a license, he said.