RAUTAHAT, April 26 -- District Court Rautahat sentenced four individuals including former Nepali Congress (NC) leader Mohammad Aftab Alam to life imprisonment.

A single bench of Judge Matrika Prasad Acharya on Thursday sentenced four individuals including Alam to life imprisonment.

Among those sentenced to life imprisonment are Mohammad Aftab Alam, his brother Mohammad Mahatab Alam and two others Sheikh Sarad and Badri Sahani.

The court convicted them for the murder of individuals injured in the bomb blast that occurred on April 9, 2008, in Rajpur, Rautahat.

On November 4, 2019, a case was filed against them for the crime of murder and attempted murder by using explosives including 'bombs'.

Of the total 11 defendants in that case, fo...