India, March 31 -- Sanjay Dutt and Abhimanyu Jakhar's newly-opened Mumbai restro-bar will discontinue a controversial cocktail that was served with a live Betta fish after facing massive backlash online.

Alta Stella was launched earlier this month by actor Sanjay Dutt in partnership with entrepreneur Abhimanyu Jakhar. While the upmarket, constellation-themed bar made a splash on Instagram, a few posts showed a cocktail served with a live fish swimming inside.

The posts drew massive backlash on social media, with animal welfare groups noting that fish taken out of water suffer slowly before they die. A video, which appears to have been deleted now, showed the cocktail being lit on fire with the fish still inside.

Jakhar told HT.com that...