While there, the procession was chanting slogans like 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Jai Bajrang Bali' and that was when the procession came under attack from around 200 Islamists.
In 2021, a woman named Kuntala Kumari Penthei from the Purushottampur village in the Keonjhar district of Odisha fostered a wild boar whom she named ‘Dhuda’.
"I don't have trust in Odisha Police. I gave up the PSO appointed by the state government for my protection," Odisha Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra said
The incident occurred when Das was on his way to attend a programme at Gandhi Chowk in Brajarajnagar when ASI Gopal Das fired at him and bullets hit the minister's left side of chest.
Odisha Governor Lal stated that despite knowing that many people are opposed to allowing entry to non-Hindus into the temple, he proposed to allow them entry due to his association with Odisha.