BHUBANESWAR: Demanding judicial probe into the Puri Swargdwar land scam, Jagannath Sena handed over a memorandum to the Governor of Odisha on Wednesday here to make the sacred cremation ground encroachment free.
The Sena alleged that Maheswar Mohanty, who was chairman of Puri Municipality then for 10 years, is involved in the scam. “We wondered about the lease of Swargdwar land and how it was possible at that time is a matter of investigation now,” said Jagannath Sena leader Priyadarshan Patnaik.
He also said that common people of Odisha have emotional attachment with Swargdwar. Its encroachment hurts the religious sentiment of its people, so in a priority basis the Government should order a judicial probe into the matter.
Earlier, the Sena had launched an agitation at Swargadwar in connection with land scam of the sacred cremation ground. They also demanded for shifting of the burial pedestal of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Pattanayak from the ground of Swargadwar.
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