Hotel Hayat Rabbani in Jaipur, which has been closed since March (Picture: Facebook)

A hotel in India has been forced to stay closed after being falsely accused of throwing a beef party.

Owners of the Hayat Rabbani hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have said they’re frustrated that they haven’t been able to reopen, despite the rumours being disproven by police.

Officers said on Tuesday that forensic tests on meat seized from the hotel in March proved that it was definitely chicken and not beef.

Cows are revered as sacred animals among Hindus, and there are strict laws on their slaughter in many parts of the country. Beef is banned in Rajasthan.


The hotel was falsely accused of hosting a beef party (Picture: Facebook)

‘From the very first day I have been saying that it was chicken, but no one from the administration listened to me,’ owner Naeem Rabbani told the Hindustan Times.



‘The report confirms all allegations levelled on us were false.’

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After the rumours spread, more than 100 so-called ‘cow vigilantes’ protested in front of the hotel for hours, chanting nationalist slogans.

According to the Indian Express, one member of the group said in March that they had heard rumours on WhatsApp that the hotel had held a beef party.

It’s alleged that the message was sent by the mayor of Jaipur.

Beef is illegal in Rajasthan (Picture: Getty Images)

Vigilante groups have been linked to several violent incidents in India, particularly after the conservative Hindu BJP party came into power in 2014.

Rabbani said the city’s authorities had yet to reopen the Hayat Rabbani, even though he had obtained a court order at the end of April telling them to do so.

He added that the hotel’s closure had cost him tens of thousands of rupees in earnings.