Overview

• Four unidentified men climbed a garbage mound to scale the Meghnada Prachir and enter the 12th-century shrine on July 8.
• The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration formed a committee led by its security administrator to investigate the lapse.
• District Collector Chanchal Rana said the inquiry will verify surveillance footage to identify trespassers and fix accountability.
• Odisha Police opened a parallel investigation and pledged subsequent action following an acknowledged security failure.
• The incident exposed flaws in the AI-powered 24/7 surveillance installed under the Shree Mandir Parikrama Project during the Rath Yatra festival.