KATHMANDU: A case demanding life imprisonment against the Nepali Congress (NC) leader and suspended lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam has been filed on Monday for three counts of crime.

The District Attorney Office, Rautahat filed the case against Alam for the production of explosives and offenses related to the murder. The office filed the case against 11 persons including Alam, Joint District Attorney Khadindra Katuwal told Khabarhub.

10 persons including Alam have been charged with burning those injured a bomb explosion in a brick kiln. One has been accused of assisting the crime.

Alam’s cadres were reportedly making a bomb following his order and were injured when the bomb accidentally went off. Seven persons were killed in the bombing.