A five-member team of the National Security Guard (NSG) has arrived in the State ahead of its inspection drives at the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar and the Jagannath Temple in Puri scheduled on March 16 and 18, respectively.
The team, including two senior officials, would review security and conduct mock drill along with the State police at the two famous shrines. Besides, the Odisha police would update the officials of the elite counter-terrorism unit about the security system around the temples.
Sources said IG (Operations) Amitabh Thakur has been appointed as the nodal officer to assist the NSG team.
It will be the first reconnaissance of NSG at the Puri Snreemandir, which is stated to be on the radar of terrorists, after demolition of structures around the shrine under the State Government’s heritage and security corridor project.