Priests trained their guns on the police manning the entrance point. “This is gross negligence on the part of the men in uniform. How could the police fail to trace him, who was clearly looking like a foreigner?” asked Bimbadhar Khuntia, a priest.

Welcome to the Jagannatha Mandir where the priests have to point their guns at the police to ensure they do their job in protecting Lord Jagannatha from the non-Hindus!