New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others were booked for "forcibly" entering the inner chamber of the Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar on August 2 and hurting religious sentiments, Jharkhand Police said.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a complaint by temple priest Kartik Nath Thakur for "forcibly entering the inner shrine between 8.45 pm and 9 pm" during the holy month of 'Shravan' due to the heavy influx of devotees.

"An FIR has been lodged at Baba Baidyanath Mandir Police Station against Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, Kanshikanat Dubey, Sheshadri Dubey and others for entering the inner shrine of the temple, hurting reli...