July 7, 2013: Hours after the serial blasts rocked the Mahabodhi temple and surrounding areas in Bodhgaya, 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 Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) chaired by the district magistrate was held this afternoon where it was decided to hand over the security of the Mahabodhi temple to the state police, BTMC member Arvind Singh said. 

Earlier, BTMC and state police were jointly managing the security of the Mahabodhi 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.

Source: India News, DT. July 7, 2013.