A local court granted bail to 12 persons, including a Daitapati servitor of the Jagannath Temple, who were arrested on Saturday evening on gambling charges.
The Puri Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court granted bail to the all the arrested persons.
Following a tipoff, a joint team of the Special Squad and the Kumbharpada police raided an under-construction multistoried building near the Bholanath Vidyapeeth at Badasankha in the city.
The arrested include Daitapati Nijog secretary and Jagannath Temple Managing Committee secretary Premananda Dasmohapatra.
The police seized cash of Rs 1, 69, 280, eight motorcycles and seven mobile phones from the gambling spot. All the arrested persons were forwarded to court late in the evening.
The place where the raid was conducted reportedly belongs to one Muna Patnaik, who is brother-in-law of Bishnu Mohanty, the elder brother of senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Puri MlA Maheswar Mohanty.