Odisha govt types new committee to oversee Ratna Bhandar stock | India Information

BHUBANESWAR: The Mohan Majhi govt on Thursday constituted a brand new committee to oversee the stock of Puri Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar (treasury), dissolving a 12-member panel that was arrange by the earlier govt in February this 12 months.
Retired Orissa excessive courtroom choose Biswanath Rath will head the brand new committee to oversee the stock, which was final carried out in 1978.
“The wait and mystery surrounding the Ratna Bhandar for the last 46 years is going to end soon. The govt has formed a new 16-member committee to draw modalities for Ratna Bhandar’s inventory. The committee will hold its first meeting on Saturday,” state legislation minister Prithiviraj Harichandan stated, including that the audit would begin a couple of days after Rath Yatra, which can be noticed on Sunday.
Retired IAS officer Jagdish Mohanty, former DGP Prakash Mishra and famend sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik are a part of the 16-member committee.
The legislation minister didn’t cite the explanation for the dismissal of the previous committee, which was headed by retired choose of the Supreme Courtroom, Arijit Pasayat. Former chief minister Naveen Patnaik had shaped the Pasayat-led committee on February 29.
Sarcastically, formation of the brand new committee got here hours after Pasayat reached Bhubaneswar from Delhi on Thursday to carry a gathering at Puri on Friday on Ratna Bhandar’s proposed stock. He was to remain in Puri until July 27 to repair the modalities for the stock.
For many years, thriller has surrounded the Ratna Bhandar and invaluable jewelleries inside it, which was audited from Could 13 to July 23, 1978.
On April 4, 2018, the earlier authorities had made an unsuccessful try and reopen the Ratna Bhandar for a bodily examination of the construction. Nevertheless, the a lot talked-about inspection couldn’t be accomplished because the officers didn’t open the treasury owing to the unavailability of the keys of the Ratna Bhandar’s internal chamber.
Amid the statewide outrage over the mysterious disappearance of the keys, Naveen had then constituted a judicial fee headed by retired Justice Raghubir Das to probe into the lacking key concern.

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