Income Tax raid against Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh in Ranchi

The Income Tax department conducted a raid at the residence of Congress MLA Kumar Jaimangal Singh in Ranchi on Friday, news agency ANI reported.

Jaimangal first came to limelight after he became vice-president of the state Youth Congress in 2009. A Congress leader said he managed to secure the post despite veteran Subodh Kant Sahay, then a Cabinet minister, backing another candidate. In 2012, he became the president of the Youth Congress.

Jaimangal first became an MLA in 2020, winning the bye-election necessitated by his father’s death, with close to 50% of the votes.

He has one FIR against him, registered in 2013, for rioting. In his election affidavit, Jaimangal explained that it was a charge arising out of collection of “illegal crowds laced with deadly weapons to injure someone”.

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