Show Cause Notice To 4 JTP, Servitors Also Questioned

The Singhadwar Police has interrogated 4 Jagannath Temple Law enforcement (JTP) personnel in link with the desecration of the holy kitchen area of Jagannath temple in Puri on Saturday. The 4 JTP have been issued a display-lead to detect to promptly reply underneath what instances the serious breach of safety happened at the shrine.  

A single of the JTP was in cost of stability for Bata Agana and Nata Mandapa. On the other hand, the three other cops who had reportedly noticed and then unveiled a single suspect concerned in the vandalism at about 2 am late on Saturday night are remaining questioned in excess of the incident. All the four were being on obligation from 10 pm on Saturday night time until the morning of Sunday.

The police have also reportedly questioned numerous servitors who have been on obligation until the Sandhya Dhupa rituals at the temple on the day of the incident. 

Odisha Main Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday directed Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra and DGP SK Bansal to acquire inventory of the investigation into the desecration of the holy kitchen of Jagannath temple in Puri.

Far more than 40 ‘chulhas’ or ovens have been uncovered vandalised at the holy kitchen area also called (Rosha Ghara) on Saturday evening, major to a delay in the rituals of the trinity — Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, and a scarcity of holy food items the ‘Mahaprasad’ for devotees.

Chief Secretary and the DGP each frequented the 12th-century shrine afterwards on Monday evening less than the course of CM Naveen to examine the problem. 

The Chief Secretary claimed that one person was seen on the CCTV footage of the vandalism. Stating that he will be nabbed quickly, Mohapatra explained proper ways will be taken to guarantee that these types of an incident does not occur all over again.

He, nevertheless, ruled out that the incident was a result of discrepancies amongst ‘Suara Mahasuara Nijog’ and the ‘Suara Nijog’ — the two teams of servitors engaged in the holy kitchen.

DGP Bansal explained that a case has been lodged and those people driving the incident would be arrested shortly. Investigation is underway to confirm the motive of the vandalism, he mentioned.

The range of protection personnel at the temple will be increased and higher-resolution cameras will be installed at the delicate details in the shrine, he extra.

Law enforcement explained that a 5-member team has been fashioned to examine the subject.

The incident led to a furore across the Condition and induced disappointment to crores of Jagannath devotees across the earth. The unfolding of the major controversy arrives at a time when Odisha government is presently caught below backlash from the Opposition get-togethers more than digging functions in close proximity to the temple as element of the heritage corridor job building. 

As for each the temple’s Report of Legal rights, there are all around 240 registered ovens in the kitchen of the temple, which include 40 ‘chulhas’ applied by the administration for getting ready the ‘Mahaprasad’.

Vandalism at the holy kitchen area is a very first of its type incident in the 12th-century shrine, stated researcher Prafulla Ratha.

(With Company Inputs)