Kathmandu — The Attorney General’s Office has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against former minister Aftab Aalam, who was convicted by the District Court on charges of trying to cover up a bomb blast and burning people alive in a brick kiln but was acquitted by the High Court.

According to Supreme Court spokesperson Achyut Kuinkel, the appeal will be filed on Sunday.

The Birgunj bench of the Janakpur High Court acquitted former minister and Nepali Congress leader Mohammad Aftab Aalam, including four others, on Chaitra 27 2064 BS, on charges of killing the injured by throwing them alive into a brick kiln in Rautahat on the night before the first Constituent Assembly elections.

The Rautahat District Court had sentenced Aalam and four others to life imprisonment on 14 Jeth..