Others involved are Jena's father Arakhita Jena, corporator R Murali Mohan and builders Kiran Panda and Bighnesh Sahu, police said.
Managing trustee of the temple Kishore Chandra Patnaik had lodged an FIR with police after the endowment department asked the trustee to file the complaint, in-charge SP (Berhampur) Asish Singh said.
Another case was registered against Jena, ex-MLA from Sanakhemundi in Ganjam district, and his associates at Berhampur Sadar police station under various sections of IPC and under section 7 of Religious Institute Prevention of Misuse Act-1988, he said.
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