Puri: Use of mobile phones by the police personnel and security men engaged in the Shree Jagannath temple here has been restricted.
The decision was taken in view of repeated incidents of Srimandir interior picture going viral on social media, Puri SP KB Singh said.
Home guards, OSAP jawans and other security personnel have been asked to refrain from using mobile phones while on duty at the 12th century shrine. However, senior officers have been allowed to take mobile phones, the SP informed.
Recently, the police and srimandir security forces received backlash after a photo of the sanctum santorum went viral on social media. A bengali devotee had reportedly clicked the pic from inside the temple and posted it on his facebook account.
Several such incidents had been reported in the past pointing finger to the security arrangement at the famous shrine.
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