Rautahat, May 30 -- Family members and relatives of the victims of the 2008 Rautahat bomb blast feel insecure with the release of Mohammad Aftab Alam, the incident's mastermind, and three others.

Srinarayan Singh, 84, of Saruatha village in ward 4 of Yamunamai Municipality, Rautahat, says he is shocked by the decision of the Birgunj bench of the Janakpur High Court on Wednesday to acquit former minister and Nepali Congress leader Alam and three others in the 2008 bomb blast and subsequent murder case. Singh lost his son Trilok Pratap Singh and neighbour Ruksana Khatun's son Osi Akhtar in the incident, both of whom were allegedly burned alive in a brick kiln after being injured in the explosion.

Despite Rautahat District Court sentencing...