Puri : In a major crackdown, Puri Cyber police arrested a person involved in the online sale of Mahaprasad, the sacred offering of Puri Jagannath temple, through an online platform.

The accused, Dispoza Pattnaik, a real estate businessman from Bhubaneswar, was arrested for allegedly running a website named shreeprasad.org that offered Mahaprasad for online sale, using images of the temple and its offerings to mislead devotees. He claimed on his website that devotees could buy Mahaprasad, sourced directly from the Srimandir Rosaghara in Puri, and have it delivered to their doorstep.

The matter came to the fore after Hemant Kumar Padhi, OSD Security of Shree Jagannath Temple, reported about the website.

The website, which used phone number 9658824596, sparked concerns about the authentic

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