Two more servitors depose in SJTA court

Chandrasekhar Mangaraj and Sasanka Pattnaik, Deula Karan and Tadhau Karan, respectively, who were present inside the temple's outer enclosure on the Brahma Parivartan night, deposed in the court of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Suresh Mohapatra and presented their versions about the secret ritual.  Notices were issued to Durga Das Mahapatra, Kartik Das Mahapatra and Chandrasekhar Das Mahapatra, the three Upadalapati Daitapatis (deputy leaders) of the Banajag team, to furnish their statements on July 6 in the SJTA chief's court about the alleged fixing in choice of neem trees for Darus and disturbances during Brahma Parivartan.

As many as 24 persons, including Badagrahi Daitapatis, Biswakarmas, two Swotriya Brahmins who performed the eleven-day Mahayajna, Daitapatis Kasinath Das Mahapatra and Jaykrushna Das Mahapatra and three other Daitapatis who allegedly rushed into the enclosure during the Brahma Paribartan ritual had got their statements recorded in the court earlier.  

Kashinath and Jayakrushna, the father and son duo, were also issued fresh notices for their alleged disclosure of Gupta nitee of the deities in public. SJTA chief Mahapatra told mediapersons that more notices would be issued to Daitapatis to get their statements.