BHUBANESWAR: Amid massive public and political outrage over the lack of keys of Jagannath temple’s internal Ratna Bhandar (treasury), the Puri district administration on Wednesday claimed to have recovered the missing keys. Puri district collector Aravind Agarwal instructed the media that an envelope with “replica keys of internal Ratna Bhandar” written on it was found within the file room of his place of work.
The important construction adopted the nationwide furore, political blame game, June four announcement of judicial inquiry by chief minister Naveen Patnaik into the topic and June 11 switch of IAS officer and temple’s chief administrator Pradeep Jena. “We have found the sealed envelope. We have not but checked the keys whether or not the ones belonged to the interior Ratna Bhandar. After following due authentic process, we will open the interior Ratna Bhandar with the recovered keys,” Agarwal instructed newshounds at Puri. He mentioned some officers were engaged to test the keys since past few weeks. Agarwal parried when requested whether or not Ratna Bhandar had any replica keys. Servitors and opposition political events too wondered if the Ratna Bhandar had any replica keys.
Disappearance of the interior Ratna Bhandar’s keys was printed by Agarwal on April five. He had made the startling revelation an afternoon after knowledgeable workforce abstained from opening the interior Ratna Bhandar all over upkeep inspection. Sources mentioned the keys are meant to be stored within the district treasury with collector its custodian. The internal Ratna Bhandar was remaining opened in 1985 to fetch some adorns for Lord Balabhadra. The treasury has two chambers—outer and internal. Keys of the outer chamber are intact.
Recovery of the "duplicate" keys raised suspicion among folks of all walks of life. "We doubt the collector’s role in the back of the prime drama surrounding Ratna Bhandar keys. How did the collector and his workforce fail to find the envelope in April? We odor fishy as the envelope with replica keys might have been planted in view of mounting grievance for the federal government from other quarters,” mentioned a Congress chief. Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned the temple laws do not allow creation of replica keys of treasury. BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya slammed the Puri collector and mentioned he hatched a conspiracy to mislead the folk of Odisha.
The important construction adopted the nationwide furore, political blame game, June four announcement of judicial inquiry by chief minister Naveen Patnaik into the topic and June 11 switch of IAS officer and temple’s chief administrator Pradeep Jena. “We have found the sealed envelope. We have not but checked the keys whether or not the ones belonged to the interior Ratna Bhandar. After following due authentic process, we will open the interior Ratna Bhandar with the recovered keys,” Agarwal instructed newshounds at Puri. He mentioned some officers were engaged to test the keys since past few weeks. Agarwal parried when requested whether or not Ratna Bhandar had any replica keys. Servitors and opposition political events too wondered if the Ratna Bhandar had any replica keys.
Disappearance of the interior Ratna Bhandar’s keys was printed by Agarwal on April five. He had made the startling revelation an afternoon after knowledgeable workforce abstained from opening the interior Ratna Bhandar all over upkeep inspection. Sources mentioned the keys are meant to be stored within the district treasury with collector its custodian. The internal Ratna Bhandar was remaining opened in 1985 to fetch some adorns for Lord Balabhadra. The treasury has two chambers—outer and internal. Keys of the outer chamber are intact.
Recovery of the "duplicate" keys raised suspicion among folks of all walks of life. "We doubt the collector’s role in the back of the prime drama surrounding Ratna Bhandar keys. How did the collector and his workforce fail to find the envelope in April? We odor fishy as the envelope with replica keys might have been planted in view of mounting grievance for the federal government from other quarters,” mentioned a Congress chief. Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik mentioned the temple laws do not allow creation of replica keys of treasury. BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya slammed the Puri collector and mentioned he hatched a conspiracy to mislead the folk of Odisha.
Ratna Bhandar's duplicate keys found in Puri collector's record room
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