Odisha: Security tightened in Puri Jagannath Temple after social media post threatens bomb attack

PURI: (Jan 21) Security has been tightened in and around the Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri, after a social media post threatened a bomb attack on the 12th-century shrine, officials said on Wednesday.

One person has been detained over the online post, they said.

The Facebook message, which surfaced on Tuesday, also threatened attack on BJD Rajya Sabha MP Subhasish Khuntia and a shopping complex in the pilgrim town, a police officer said.