October 10, 2018:

On Wednesday, Supreme Court said no Policeman should enter the Temple premises with weapons & shoes, taking some serious note of the October 3 violence in Odisha’s Puri Jagannath Temple during a protest against the introduction of the 'Queue System for Devotees.'

However Odisha Government, told the Top Court that 47 people have been arrested in connection with the violence and that the situation is under control now.

It also added that the violence had not happened 'inside' the Jagannath Temple but the office of the Temple Administration was attacked & robbed.

On the previous Wednesday, 9 Policemen were injured in violence that broke out during a '12-hour Bandh' called by a Socio-Cultural Organisation protesting the introduction of a Queue System for devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple.

The Dusk-to-Dawn shutdown in the Seaside-town called by 'Sri Jagannath Sena' turned violent as a mob jostled into the 12th-Century Shrine, uprooted Barricades erected on Baisi Pahacha and near Singhadwara and robbed the Office of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA).

Protesters ransacked a Police outpost & an Information Centre near the Singhadwara as well as the Town Police Station, besides burning tyres & indulging in Stone Pelting.

A Temple Official said,"Queue System was introduced on an Experimental Basis & a review would be done as Locals & Servitors opposed it."

Source:The Indian Express 

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