Kathmandu, June 20 -- The Judicial Council has initiated action against the Birgunj High Court judges who issued a controversial verdict late last month to acquit Nepali Congress leader Mohammad Aftab Alam and three others in the heinous Rautahat bomb blast incident.

A meeting of the council transferred the judges in question, Khusi Prasad Tharu and Arjun Maharjan, on deputation to the Supreme Court. "The decision was taken following the complaints the council received," said a senior official at the council.

The council has constituted a committee, to be headed by a Supreme Court justice, to investigate the complaints. Further decisions will be taken based on the panel's findings, the official added.

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