Madan Thakur

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Police raid ex-minister Alam’s house, fire several rounds of bullets into air to control situation

Published On: May 22, 2020 11:19 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, May 22: Police late Thursday evening raided the house of former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, suspecting that his brother Mohammad Mahtab Alam, one of the accused of multiple murders and bombing in Rautahat district in 2008, was hiding there.

Two more COVID-19 cases confirmed, the number of total reported cases climbs to 54

Published On: April 28, 2020 02:32 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, April 28: Two more persons have contracted the novel coronavirus, taking the number of total reported COVID-19 cases in the country to 54.

Arrest warrant issued against Ishnath municipal mayor Mehata and his brother

Published On: March 31, 2020 05:50 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, March 31: District Police Office, Makwanpur has issued an arrest warrant against the mayor of Ishnath municipality Santosh Mehata and his brother Mohan Mehata on Tuesday.

Amid lockdown, vegetable market and groceries resumed in Gaur (with photos)

Published On: March 26, 2020 11:00 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, March 27: In a bid to ease the smooth supplies of vegetables in the district headquarters, the Rautahat district administration resumed local vegetable markets on Thursday.

Ban on extraction of aggregates from Bagmati River

Published On: February 9, 2020 12:17 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Feb 9: The extraction of aggregates from the Bagmati River in Rautahat district has stopped, following an export ban imposed by the district court.

54-yr-old man arrested on the charge of raping 4-yr-old girl

Published On: February 1, 2020 09:12 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Feb 1: Police have arrested Ram Kishore Mishra, 54, on the charge of raping a four-year-old girl of Gaur Municipality of Rautahat. The accused, a local of Gaur Municipality – 1, allegedly lured the girl, who lived in his neighborhood, by giving her Rs 10 for chocolates and then raped her.

Doctor arrested for ‘raping’ woman

Published On: December 8, 2019 08:59 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Dec 8: Police have arrested a doctor for allegedly raping a woman in Rautahat. A team of police from the District Police Office, Rautahat, has arrested Sudheer Kumar Singh, 45, who is the in-charge at Sarautha Health Post in Yamunamai Rural Municipality.

APF seize onions worth Rs 3 million

Published On: November 19, 2019 10:38 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 19: A team of Rautahat-based Armed Police Force has seized a truck full of onions which were being illegally smuggled into Nepal from India.

Rautahat District Court sends Alam to jail

Published On: November 16, 2019 07:44 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 16: Rautahat District Court on Friday sent Nepali Congress leader Mohammad Aftab Alam, who has been accused of a bomb blast and multiple murders, into judicial custody.

Alam has been framed, argues Alam's lawyer Raman Shrestha

Published On: November 14, 2019 10:20 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 14: Lawyers of the main accused in the 2008 Rautahat bomb blast, Mohammad Aftab Alam, have argued that Alam is being framed due to his political views and that the case is 'baseless' and should be scrapped. Four lawyers pleading on behalf of Alam said this during the hearings at the District Court, Rautahat on Wednesday.

One Nepali policeman injured as two Indians hurl bomb on Mathia police station in Rautahat

Published On: November 12, 2019 02:47 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 12: One policeman injured when two motorcycle-borne men from India hurled a bomb on Mathia police station located at Ishnath municipality-4 in Rautahat district on Tuesday afternoon.

No blast had occurred in 2008: Alam's lawyers

Published On: November 12, 2019 08:03 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 12: The lawyers of murder-accused lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam of Nepali Congress have said that no blast had occurred in 2008 in Rautahat.

Alam case preliminary hearings start

Published On: November 8, 2019 07:42 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 8: Rautahat District Court has begun preliminary hearings in the case of former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, who has been accused of multiple murders in a bomb blast in Rautahat in 2008.

Hearing over Alam case over

Published On: November 7, 2019 05:12 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 7: The hearing over an alleged murder case against Congress leader Mohammad Aftab Alam has been over on Thursday.

Rautahat District Court recording statement from Congress leader Alam today also

Published On: November 6, 2019 01:31 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 6: Rautahat District Court is recording the statement from Mohammad Aftab Alam, the prime accused of Rautahat mass murder, today also.

District court to record Alam’s statement today also

Published On: November 6, 2019 07:21 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 6: As the recording of a statement from suspended lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam was delayed on Tuesday after his lawyers demanded copies of the charge sheet filed against him, Rautahat District Court is recording the statement of the Nepali Congress leader on Wednesday also.

Congress leader Alam presented before Rautahat District Court

Published On: November 5, 2019 12:30 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 5: A day after the District Attorney Office filed a case against suspended Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam at the Rautahat District Court for his alleged involvement in committing several murders in Rautahat district in April 2008, the District Police Office presented him before the court to record his statement on Tuesday.

Life imprisonment sought for Alam and ten others

Published On: November 5, 2019 09:31 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 5: District Attorney Office (DAO), Rautahat has filed a case against suspended Nepali Congress lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam at the Rautahat District Court for his alleged involvement in committing several murders in Rautahat district in April 2008.

Case filed against Alam

Published On: November 4, 2019 03:31 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Nov 4: District Attorney's Office at Rautahat has filed a case against suspended lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam on Monday for his alleged involvement in committing several murders in Rautahat district in April 2008.

Alam remanded for eight more days

Published On: October 26, 2019 09:50 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, Oct 26: The District Court, Rautahat on Friday remanded former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam in custody for eight more days.