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Orry Drinking Case: The influencer has been booked by the Jammu and Kashmir police for “violating the law of the land” and “hurting the sentiments of people” for allegedly consuming alcohol at a hotel in Katra, the base camp for the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. FIR has been registered against Orry and seven others for the consumption of alcohol and non-vegetarian food items. One of the eight accused, Rashi Dutta, exclusively spoke to Republic Media Network and made startling revelations about the viral video.
In a viral video shared by influencer Orry on his Instagram story, he along with a group can be seen inside a hotel room. However, what caught attention was a liquor bottle kept in the vicinity. Hours before this, the influencer had shared a video from the Vaishno Devi temple.
Rashi Dutta, who was seen in the video and is named in the FIR filed by the hotel spoke to us on telephone. She informed us that it was just a coincidence that she happened to be there when the incident took place. In the conversation she shared,
The Chief Priest of the Vaishno Devi temple Padma Shri Prof. Vaishva Murti Shastri spoke to the Republic regarding the complete disregard of rules and violation of laws by Orry aka Orhan Awatramani. Speaking to Republic Media Network, Prof. Shastri said, “Vaishno Devi shrine is a pure place. To be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in such a place is prohibited. All officials of the shrine bride have sternly stated that no one is allowed to consume, carry or talk about alcoholic beverages around the shrine. Despite this, if people are carrying alcohol on the premises, then it is a matter of great concern.” He specified that warnings against the consumption of meat and alcoholic beverages were displayed across the shrine, yet it was ignored.
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Questioning the lapses in the matter, Prof Shastri added, “The Shrine board does not give any ease in these matters, so it must be understood whose lapse has caused this nuisance. One must go inside the shrine with a clean, pure and devotional mind.” He cited examples of temples in Southern India that follow a strict code of conduct and argued, “We should do that here as well. It is time to bring in strict norms for the thousands of devotees who visit the temple. Bringing alcohol near the temple premises destroys the sanctity of the shrine.” He concluded by saying that such miscreants should not go unpunished.
