RAUTAHAT: Bail hearing for suspended Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam will continue at Rautahat District Court on Friday.

Recordkeeper at the court, Gunaraj Parajuli said that the court will resume the hearing tomorrow. Three advocates from Nepal Government advocated against Alam today.

After the bail hearing, the court will determine whether or not to allow Alam to post bail and be released from police custody for the duration of his trial.

A case demanding life imprisonment against Alam was filed on Monday for three counts of crime.

The District Attorney Office, Rautahat had filed the case against Alam for the production of explosives and offenses related to the murder. The office had filed the case against 11 individuals including Alam.

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.