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Mohammad Aftab Alam
Nepali politician (1962–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Aftab Alam (Nepali: मोहम्मद अफताब आलम ⓘ; 19 June 1962 – 8 November 2025) was a Nepali politician from the Nepali Congress and a suspended member[2][3] of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[4][5] He was a member of the first constituent assembly as well.[6] He was also a former Minister for Labour and Transport Management.[7]
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Career
Alam was elected from Rautahat-2 to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election and the 2008 Constituent Assembly election but was defeated in the 2013 election from the same constituency.[6][8]
Alam was elected to parliament in the 2017 legislative election from Rautahat-2 constituency, as a candidate from Nepali Congress.[9] He defeated his nearest rival Kiran Kumar Shah by acquiring 18,833 votes to Shah's 16,865.[10] Following his election to parliament, he was appointed a member of the House Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee.[11]
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Alam was arrested from Rajapur municipality-1, Rautahat, on 13 October 2019[12] on charges of murder and causing an explosion[3] over his alleged involvement in the 9 April 2008 bomb blast in Rautahat and the subsequent murders of the injured. According to a report by The Himalayan Times, it has been alleged that Alam had employed several people, tasked with making bombs to be used for capturing booths[clarification needed] in the 2008 constituent assembly elections. When a bomb went off in a massive explosion that injured as many as 18 people, Alam allegedly dumped them at a brick kiln, killing them.[3] República, however, reported that 14 people died in the blast while those and an additional eight injured were thrown in the furnace of the brick kiln, murdering the injured and destroying evidence.[12] According to The Kathmandu Post, at least two victims had died in the initial explosion and as many as two dozen injured were dumped alive into the brick furnace.[13]
He was suspended from his position in the House of Representatives following his arrest.[14]
A single bench of Judge Deepak Dhakal, Rautahat District Court, denied him bail on 15 November 2019, after a preliminary hearing where Alam was allowed to make a statement.[3] Alam's lawyers had argued that there was no such bomb explosion in Rautahat in 2008, that Alam was innocent, and was being framed by the government with a fake list of victims.[15][16][17]
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Death
Alam died at the KMC Hospital in Sinamangal, on 8 November 2025, after having undergone treatment there for a month. He was 63.[18]
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