No policeman should enter Puri Jagannath temple with arms and shoes : Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS) : The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no policeman should enter Puri's Jagannath temple with weapons and shoes, media reports said.
The top court passed the order while taking note of the October 3 violence at the famous temple during a protest against the introduction of a queue system for devotees.
Nine policemen were injured as violence 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 queue system was introduced on an experimental basis and a review would be done as locals and servitors opposed it, a temple official had said.
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