In the garb of cow vigilantism, conspiracy to damage Muslim economy: Owner of Hotel Hayat Rabbani

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Raheem Khan, IndiaTomorrow.net,
Jaipur, May 24: The Hotel Hayat Rabbani is a famous hotel in Jaipur city but following false beef allegations, a mob of cow vigilantes attacked it on 19th March and ensured the hotel be sized within hours by the police and civic body. However, the forensic lab cleared it of beef charges and on 29th April, a city court ordered its reopening. However, the hotel remains seized and locked till today.

Talking to IndiaTomorrow.net, Naeem Rabbani, the owner of Hotel Hayat Rabbani, says the Jaipur incident and other such incidents in the name of cow are meant to damage Muslims economically.

“My hotel had been there for last six years and we have very good relations with our neighbours…The attack on 19th March was done by people from outside the hotel neighbourhood,” he said.

Asked if he sees attack on his hotel as part of a conspiracy to hit Muslim economy, he said: “There are some forces in the country which are doing such acts regularly.”

Though a city court had ordered reopening of the Hotel Hayat Rabbani on 29th April but the civic body did not follow the order offering lame excuses. It moved the court seeking change or stay on the order, but the court on 23rd May repeated its 29th April order and asked Nagar Nigam to open the hotel or face contempt of court charge.

On 19th March night, at the call of some members of a local cow vigilante group, the Jaipur Police raided Hotel Hayat Rabbani, forced guests out, arrested co-owner and a cleaner and sealed the hotel. Then, the police collected allegedly left-over meat from the hotel dustbin and sent for forensic test.

After the forensic lab cleared it was not beef, the hotel owner Naeem Rabbani moved the court seeking order for unsealing the hotel.

On 29th April, Additional Civil Magistrate & Metropolitan Magistrate Amarjeet Singh, passed order in favour of the hotel owner and asked the municipal corporation to unseal the hotel within seven days of the order.

But the civic body did not open the hotel and moved the court seeking stay on the order. However, Additional District Judge Bhupendar Singh rejected Nagar Nigam’s appeal and gave order in favor of Rabbani.

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