National Security Guards team reviews Puri temple security

An expert team of the National Security Guards (NSG) on Thursday flew drones around the 12th century Shree Jagannath temple in Puri to review the security around the shrine.

The three member team has been camping in the Odisha pilgrim town for the last two days to examine the security of the temple. Earlier the team had conducted a recce of the world-famous shrine.

Security officials of the Jagannath temple briefed the NSG team about the traditional practices observed by the local police and other security agencies.

The NSG team also visited the 13th century Sun temple at Konark and examined the security arrangements there.