Srimandir kitchen vandalism: Suspect detained
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By Express News Service
PURI: Puri Police nabbed a youth suspected to be concerned within the vandalism of earthen stoves within the kitchen of Srimandir, SP Ok Vishal Singh mentioned on Tuesday evening. In a tweet, the Puri SP mentioned the youth was apprehended by IICs of Baseli Sahi and Town police basing on CCTV footage inside Srimandir. The detained youth was recognized as Jagan Mahapatra of Deuli village in Khurda district. Police nabbed him from his village.
Earlier, a police workforce comprising 5 senior officers was fashioned to nab the miscreant concerned in vandalising at the least 43 chulhas (earthen stoves) used for cooking Mahaprasad within the kitchen of Shri Jagannath temple on Saturday evening.
After the youth was noticed within the footage of CCTV digicam, his picture was shared with all police stations. Police additionally questioned 4 personnel of Jagannath temple police (JTP) who had pushed the youth out of the shrine complicated on Saturday evening.
The JTP personnel revealed that they discovered the youth contained in the temple compound and evicted him at round 1.15 am. The CCTV footage had proven the JTP personnel escorting the youth out of the temple by means of Simhadwar. It is believed that the kitchen was vandalised earlier than 1 am and the temple safety guards have been unaware of it.
As per custom, after Badasimhar ritual and shutting of the sanctum sanctorum, JTP personnel search the temple complicated to clear all people from the shrine premises. If any devotee is discovered sleeping within the compound, they’re escorted out. This train is known as ‘Sodha’.
The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), which is conducting an inner inquiry into the incident, has requested the 4 JTP personnel to elucidate the reason for dereliction of obligation, inside three days.
On the day, Puri Collector Samarth Verma and Singh visited the police management room at Simhadwar. Verma mentioned safety in and across the temple has been tightened.
