Independent candidate fined
An independent candidate contesting the local government election who pleaded guilty of illegally transporting a stock of Sandalwood was fined Rs.20, 000 and the stock of timber confiscated by Embilipitiyia Magistrate TRA Jinadasa.
Maoist sympathiser Chhatradhar Mahato, currently in jail, filed nomination on Tuesday for contesting as an independent candidate from the Jhargram assembly constituency, with support from intellectuals such as writer Maheswata Devi.