India, March 11 -- A Women's Day celebration turned into a nightmare for a group of friends after they purportedly discovered a dead rodent in one of the dishes served at a hotel in Sector 4 of Rabale.

A group of eight women had gathered for dinner at around 11am and ordered paneer and Manchurian. "While serving, one of them noticed a dead rodent floating in the gravy, and the hotel management was immediately alerted," said a police officer.

"Two of them started vomiting. We went into the kitchen and found it to be extremely unclean and unhygienic," said one of the women.

Agitated, the families of the women filed a complaint with Rabale police. On Sunday, the hotel owner, manager, and staff were booked for negligence under Sections 125...