PURI: Tension prevailed inside Jagannath temple on Wednesday morning following a scuffle between a jawan and two servitors.
According to reports, seven jawans of Army Cantonment unit at Golabandha in Ganjam district had come to Puri for ‘darshan’ of the Trinity.
While having ‘darshan’ inside the temple during Mangal Arati, a servitor, Somanath Mekap, came to them with a plate and asked them to donate money in the name of the Lords. One of the jawans, D Madhav Rao, put Rs 50 on the plate and took back Rs 40 from it.
Mekap, however, objected to this and said whatever money is dropped on the plate cannot be taken back. An altercation ensued between them that led to a scuffle in which, both Rao and Mekap were injured. Besides Mekap, another servitor was injured during the scuffle.
Receiving information, the Lion’s Gate police rushed to the spot and took both the servitor and the jawan to police station where they lodged FIRs against each other. Later, the cases were withdrawn as police brokered an amicable settlement between the two parties.
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