RAUTAHAT: The District Court, Rautahat will resume recording the statement of Nepali Congress (NC) leader and suspended lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam again on Thursday.

Controversial NC leader Aftab Alam has been sent to police custody as the court is yet to finish recording his statement.

Alam was produced at the court at 10:00 am and taken to the bench of district judge Deepak Dhakal, however, the recording of the statement could not be completed due to time constraint. The recording lasted for about six-and-a-half hours.

The recording of the statement will continue tomorrow as well, according to government attorney Khanindra Raj Katuwal. Encountering the queries of the judge, Alam denied all the allegations charged against him.

The Rautahat District Attorney’s Office on Monday had filed a charge sheet against Alam, in connection with the explosion and subsequent murder of at least 23 people in Rautahat some 12 years ago, demanding life imprisonment for him.

Alam has also been charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion.

NC leader Alam, who was arrested on October 13, is accused of burning alive the victims injured in the bomb explosion that occurred on April 09, 2008, on the eve of first Constituent Assembly elections.

Earlier, Alam was elected to the federal parliament from Rautahat-2 in the 2017 elections.