BHUBANESWAR: The failure of the state police in arresting a bunch of uncouth servitors, who allegedly attacked a Thane-based IT professional and his spouse at Jagannath temple in Puri on May 20, has brought on huge trolling on social media. Tweeples got here down closely on the police for their inefficiency in nabbing the accused more than per week after the incident.
Chetan Amolkar, the IT professional, was once seriously injured after being allegedly attacked by means of three servitors when he and his spouse refused to pay exorbitant dakshina demanded by means of the accused. Amolkar alleged his spouse too was once attacked and misbehaved by means of the priests.
“This utterly ashames each one of us. While we stay barking upon as Odisha (the soul of Incredible India), this isn't the best way we deal with our guests. Hang our head in disgrace,” tweeted Ansuman Rath.
“Seems government doesn’t exist under @Naveen_Odisha as officials don't care to accomplish. Had our CM or Neta got identical treatment, am positive some heads would have rolled,” tweeted Pranab Gaya.
“Wow no arrests but, disgrace on Odisha police, are the Puri sevayats extra tough than government,” tweeted Bhubaneswar Buzz.
Such complaint poured in huge numbers after Amolkar launched a marketing campaign on Thursday on social media, in search of motion against the erring servitors and highlighting alleged police inactiveness. Amolkar said until the accused are arrested, he would write to the president and top minister of India, in search of justice.
Singhadwar police station’s inspector-in-charge Gokula Ranjan Das said the accused are on the run. “We got here to know in regards to the involvement of 2 servitors at the back of the offence. We have identified two servitors, who're on the run. Raids are being performed to arrest them,” Das advised TOI.
Unseemly angle of a section of priests of Jagannath Temple has been hogging headlines in regular period. While several instances frequently went unreported because of unwillingness by means of devotees to lodge court cases, in some instances the errant priests had been arrested.
During Rath Yatra 2016, various servitors had been arrested for heckling Puri district collector Aravind Agarwal when he adverse the presence in their members of the family of chariots. On July 21 2013, two priests allegedly manhandled famous Italian Odissi dancer Ileana Citaristi on the chariot of Jagannath when she refused to pay them dakshina.
Though nobody was once then arrested, the matter sparked resentment among devotees across the country and out of the country. A judicial commission arrange in 2016 to suggest reforms in Puri temple, had in June remaining year expressed serious worry over the uncouth behaviour of some servitors towards feminine devotees. Worried over the unseemly habits of priests, the temple body had started Anubhav Yatra (publicity travel) in 2006 wherein servitors had been taken to other shrines in the country so as to instil civic sense and hospitality in them.
Chetan Amolkar, the IT professional, was once seriously injured after being allegedly attacked by means of three servitors when he and his spouse refused to pay exorbitant dakshina demanded by means of the accused. Amolkar alleged his spouse too was once attacked and misbehaved by means of the priests.
“This utterly ashames each one of us. While we stay barking upon as Odisha (the soul of Incredible India), this isn't the best way we deal with our guests. Hang our head in disgrace,” tweeted Ansuman Rath.
“Seems government doesn’t exist under @Naveen_Odisha as officials don't care to accomplish. Had our CM or Neta got identical treatment, am positive some heads would have rolled,” tweeted Pranab Gaya.
“Wow no arrests but, disgrace on Odisha police, are the Puri sevayats extra tough than government,” tweeted Bhubaneswar Buzz.
Such complaint poured in huge numbers after Amolkar launched a marketing campaign on Thursday on social media, in search of motion against the erring servitors and highlighting alleged police inactiveness. Amolkar said until the accused are arrested, he would write to the president and top minister of India, in search of justice.
Singhadwar police station’s inspector-in-charge Gokula Ranjan Das said the accused are on the run. “We got here to know in regards to the involvement of 2 servitors at the back of the offence. We have identified two servitors, who're on the run. Raids are being performed to arrest them,” Das advised TOI.
Unseemly angle of a section of priests of Jagannath Temple has been hogging headlines in regular period. While several instances frequently went unreported because of unwillingness by means of devotees to lodge court cases, in some instances the errant priests had been arrested.
During Rath Yatra 2016, various servitors had been arrested for heckling Puri district collector Aravind Agarwal when he adverse the presence in their members of the family of chariots. On July 21 2013, two priests allegedly manhandled famous Italian Odissi dancer Ileana Citaristi on the chariot of Jagannath when she refused to pay them dakshina.
Though nobody was once then arrested, the matter sparked resentment among devotees across the country and out of the country. A judicial commission arrange in 2016 to suggest reforms in Puri temple, had in June remaining year expressed serious worry over the uncouth behaviour of some servitors towards feminine devotees. Worried over the unseemly habits of priests, the temple body had started Anubhav Yatra (publicity travel) in 2006 wherein servitors had been taken to other shrines in the country so as to instil civic sense and hospitality in them.
Police trolled for failure to arrest Puri servitors who attacked Thane couple
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