The Ganjam Sadar police on Thursday night arrested two builder associates of arrested former Sanakhemundi MlA Ramesh Jena in connection with the Radhashyam temple land grabbing case.
The builders, Sanjay Panigrahi and lohit Kumar Mangarah, were arrested from Bhubaneswar, police said.
Radhashayam Temple Trustee Bipin Bihari Das had earlier lodged a complaint that Jena along with his aides had grabbed five acres of land of the temple in Nimakhandi village.
“The two arrested builders were court-forwarded today. If required, we would bring them on remand for questioning,” said Sadar SDPO Ashok Mohanty.
Earlier, the police had arrested three builders, Kiran Panda, Sai Patnaik and Bighneswar Sahoo, in connection with the land grabbing case.