Jagannath temple treasury's keys found in district record room
Bhubaneswar, June 13: The keys to Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasure room) were found in a locker in the district record room in Odisha's Puri on Wednesday, an official said.
The duplicate key of the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar was found in a sealed envelope kept in a locker of the record room, said Puri District Collector Arvind Agarwal, adding that a report will be submitted on the development to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA).
Two teams led by Puri's Additional District Magistrates were engaged for the last five days to trace out the missing key, sources said.
A major controversy had erupted over the missing Ratna Bhandar keys with a massive public outrage forcing the state government to order a judicial inquiry into the circumstances leading to the keys going missing.
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Minor brother-sister duo die after falling into well in Maharashtra's Latur
Latur (PTI): A three-year-old boy and his elder sister died after falling into a well while playing near their house in Latur city of Maharashtra, police said on Friday.
The incident took place in Taleburhan area here on Thursday.
"Alina Sameer Shaikh (6) and her brother Usman, aged three, fell into a well while playing. The incident took place around 4 pm on April 10," inspector Sujit Rejitwad said.
When they fell into the well, their eight-year-old brother panicked and rushed home to inform his family members about it, he said.
The family members and their neighbours immediately rushed to the place and launched a rescue operation. They managed to retrieve the children's bodies using a rope tied to a tree after nearly one-and-a-half hours of efforts, he said.
The father of the deceased children is an ice cream vendor, the police said.
