Mohammad Aftab Alam
Nepali politician (1962–2025)
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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]
Mohammed Aftab Alam | |
|---|---|
| मोहम्मद आफताब आलम | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 13 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Mustaq Alam |
| Constituency | Rautahat 2 |
| In office 1997 – May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Idrish |
| Constituency | Rautahat 2 |
| Member of Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Mustaq Alam |
| Constituency | Rautahat 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 June 1962[1] Rajpur, Rautahat, Nepal |
| Died | 8 November 2025 (aged 63) Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Relatives | Sheikh Idrish (uncle) |
| Profession | Politician |
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]
Arrest
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]
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]
