Rautahat, Nov. 8 -- Former minister and Nepali Congress leader Mohammad Aftab Alam passed away on Friday while undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Medical College in Sinamangal, Kathmandu. He was 63.

Dev Prasad Timilsina, a former Congress lawmaker close to Alam said that Alam had been receiving treatment in the intensive care unit and was on a ventilator when he died. "He had been critically ill for some time," Timilsina said. "He passed away during treatment."

Alam had been admitted to the hospital a month ago after suffering complications from high blood pressure and diabetes. His son, Dr Rajik Alam, said the former minister had earlier undergone treatment at Medanta Hospital in New Delhi about six weeks ago. "His condition had improve...