Former Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with an explosion and the subsequent murder of at least 23 persons in Rautahat at Fradahawa in Rajpur, Rautahat April 9, 2008, has been released from jail on Wednesday.
Jailer Bhimraj Koirala of Nakkhu prison said that Alam was released from the prison.
Earlier, the Rautahat District Court had found Alam guilty of the Rajpur bomb blast and the subsequent murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The Janakpur High Court today acquitted Alam, overturning the District Court's decision, the court's Registrar Deepak Bhandari shared.
