Supreme Court has ordered to keep Nepali Congress leader and former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam in custody till the final verdict in his case.

The apex court passed the order citing the orders of the district court and the high court. Earlier, the Rautahat District Court and the Birgunj Bench of the Janakpur High Court had remanded Alam in custody for trial. In a joint sitting of Justices Sushmalata Mathe and Nahakul Subedi today, the apex court ruled that Alam should not be released.

Alam has been demanded to 32 years in prison on charges of bomb blast, manslaughter and murder.