The Office of the President has denied that the incident as raised in this post ever occurred but has stated that there was an attempt to breach security protocols. Our story was a comment on media reports about President Kovind’s visit to Jagannath temple. Newslaundry is suspending. We regret the oversight. The initial reports are here: Times of India, News18, Firstpost, others.
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