JANAKPUR: Janakpur High Court on Friday upheld a decision of Rautahat District Court to send former minister and suspended lawmaker of Nepali Congress Mohammad Aftab Alam to serve his custody in jail for allegedly murdering his cadres injured in a bomb explosion some 12 years ago.
A joint bench of Judges Dilliraj Acharya and Satya Mohan Tharu upheld the decision while responding to a review petition filed by Alam.
Rautahat District Court on November 15 has ordered to send Alam to jail until the court delivers a final verdict on the case. He is currently doing time at the Lalitpur-based Nakkhu Jail.
The District Attorney Office, Rautahat on November 4 had filed the case against Alam demanding life imprisonment in three counts of crime.
Alam has been charged with a crime for the production of explosives and offenses related to the murder, which he has been denying.
11 persons were charge-sheeted for the crime. 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 on April 9, 2008. Seven persons were killed in the bombing.
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