Bhubaneswar: Worried over attack on
tourists visiting Orissa, the state government on Thursday asked the
district administration of Jajpur to submit a report on the
alleged loot of a couple from Karnataka near Lalitgiri, a
Buddhist site.
"We have asked the collector of Jajpur to submit a
report on the alleged loot incident," Tourism Minister Debi
Prasad Mishra told reporters.
A case has been registered at Balichandrapur police
station on the basis of complaint by Bangalore residents
Satish Chawla and his wife that they were robbed of cash,
ornament and even ATM cards by miscreants at a hotel near
Lilitgiri yesterday, the minister said.
Mishra asked the Chief Secretary to review the
security arrangement near important tourist destinations in
the state.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 00:11