Harinarayan Rai, who surrendered before a vigilance court in Ranchi two months ago, is seeking to retain the seat as an Independent for the second time from Jarmundi which is among the 30 constituencies going for the first phase of Jharkhand assembly poll on November 25.
Rai, who won the seat in 2005 as an Independent, has been booked in a disproportionate asset case along with another Independent MLA Enos Ekka. The vigilance department had already filed charge sheet against the duo on October 5.
The vigilance department acted on a complaint by one Kumar Vinod in a court against the two former ministers for amassing assets running into crores of rupees between April 2005 and December 2008.
Source: PTI
