Mohammad Aftab Alam
Nepali politician (1962–2025)

Mohammed Aftab Alam
मोहम्मद आफताब आलम
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 13 October 2019
Preceded byMohammad Mustaq Alam
ConstituencyRautahat 2
In office
1997 – May 2002
Preceded bySheikh Idrish
ConstituencyRautahat 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Succeeded byMohammad Mustaq Alam
ConstituencyRautahat 2
Personal details
Born(1962-06-19)19 June 1962[1]
Rajpur, Rautahat, Nepal
Died8 November 2025(2025-11-08) (aged 63)
Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
PartyNepali Congress
RelativesSheikh Idrish (uncle)
ProfessionPolitician

Mohammad Aftab Alam (Nepali: मोहम्मद अफताब आलम Listenⓘ; 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]

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]

Personal life

Alam is a Muslim.[19]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d "Aftab Alam remanded to judicial custody". The Himalayan Times. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ^ "House begins theoretical discussions on govt policies and programmes". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.np. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Mohammad Aftab Alam". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Mohammad Aftab Alam". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Nepali labourers not wanted, says minister". The Himalayan Times. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  8. ^ The Rising Nepal Archived 26 July 2007 at archive.today
  9. ^ "Rautahat tense over murder, clash". The Himalayan Times. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Rauthat : Province 2 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Interest Committee". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. ^ a b Thakur, Madan. "Ex-Minister Alam arrested in connection with 2008 'murders'". My Republica. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Congress MP Alam remanded in custody for seven days". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Parliament suspends Alam after arrest". OnlineKhabar. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  15. ^ Thakur, Madan. "No blast had occurred in 2008: Alam's lawyers". My Republica. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Former minister Aftab Alam dies at 63". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  17. ^ Online, T. H. T. (8 November 2025). "NC Leader and Former Minister Mohammad Aftab Alam dies". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Ex-minister Aftab Alam dies". Setopati. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Nepal inducts 2 Muslims in Cabinet". Arab News. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
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