Shree Jagannath Sena, a Puri-based outfit, submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention to facilitate the process of bringing back the Kohinoor diamond to the 12th-century shrine.
Pattnaik claimed that Maharaja of Punjab Ranjit Singh had donated the diamond to the Puri Lord after he won a battle against Nadir Shah of Afghanistan.