Former Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Kundan Pahan, jailed for killing Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tamar, Ramesh Singh Munda, filed his nomination papers from Tamar (Scheduled Tribes) constituency in Ranchi District of Jharkhand, as an independent candidate, on November 18, reports The Pioneer. Pahan, facing over 100 cases including that of killing of senior Police officers and carrying a reward of INR 1.5 million on his head had surrendered before the Police in 2017. The Tamar Assembly constituency which comes under Ranchi District and Khunti parliamentary constituency will go to poll in the second phase of election scheduled on December 7.