Sambhunath Khuntia, a servitor of the Jagannath Temple here, on Tuesday lodged an FIR with the Singhadwara police against the online sale of the temple’s Mahaprasad.
An advertisement regarding the online sale of the Mahaprasad was found on image sharing and social media platform Pinterest, on the basis of which the complaint was filed by Khuntia.
Notably, earlier, Khuntia, the Suar Mahasuar Nijog, and the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) had filed FIRs against e-commerce platform Amazon against the online sale of Nirmalya Prasad of the temple. The Singhadwara police had subsequently registered a case in this connection.
Nirmalya was being sold on the website at Rs 59 per packet containing 25 grams with a delivery charge of Rs 50 without the permission of the temple administration.
Anil Kumar Sahu, convenor of Puri Zilla Yuva Adhivakta Sangha, had also sent a legal notice to Amit Agarwal, Global Senior VP and Country Head, Amazon India, over the issue seeking a reply from him.