Bhubaneswar

Plaint filed in court against SJTA chief

PNS

The servitors are up in arms against of Shree Jagannth Temple Administration (SJTA) chief Suresh Chandra Mohapatra. They filed a complaint case against Mahapatra on Tuesday for allegedly flouting the traditional norms of the temple.

Jagannath Sena convenor Priyadarshan Pattnaik and Suar Mahasua Nijog president Damodar Mahasuar in their complaint before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) stated that Mohapatra has installed new barricades in the temple causing inconveniences to them and installed CCTV cameras in the Bhitar Bedha (outer enclosure of the temple complex) which violates the age-old temple tradition.No order has been passed by the magistrate in response to the complaint.