BTMC to handover security of Maha Bodhi temple to state police

Hours after the serial blasts rocked the Maha Bodhi temple and surrounding areas in Bodh Gaya, its management committee today decided to hand over the temple's security to the state police, an office bearer said.
An emergency meeting of the nine-member Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) chaired by the district magistrate was held this afternoon where it was decided to hand over the security of the Maha Bodhi temple to the state police, BTMC member Arvind Singh said.
Earlier, BTMC and state police were jointly managing the security of the Maha Bodhi temple with the management committee responsible for internal security, while the state police managed external security, he said.

At the meeting, BTMC members unanimously decided to hand over the security of the temple to the state police in totality, Singh said.
The 52 monasteries under the BMTC also agreed to extend all cooperation to the state police in manning security in the temple town, the BTMC member said.