A fresh police case was registered against Congress leader Ramesh Jena and two of his associates, including a corporator in connection with alleged land grabbing, police said on Friday.
“The Berhampur police have registered a land-grabbing case against Jena and his two associates, Congress corporator R. Murali Mohan and builder Kiran Panda,” said in-charge Superintendent of Police of Berhampur, Asish Singh.
The three were accused of having grabbed 4.1 acres at Nimakhandi, the police said.
With this, 16 cases have been registered against Jena, a former Congress MLA since his arrest from Bhubaneswar on March 6.
The police had also registered a case against him in connection with the murder of Srinibash Rath, a former sarpanch of Malabhanja in Ganjam district, on March 9, 2012, after weapons used in the crime were recovered from his land at Gambhariguda village.- PTI
