BNP Vice Chairman Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaykobad has returned to the country after 13 long years. He landed at Shahjalal International Airport today Saturday afternoon.
From the airport went to pay respects at the tomb of party founder Ziaur Rahman. After paying his respects at the tomb, he told reporters, 'We who have protested together, if we are divided for personal interests, then things like 1996 will happen. Then the events of the next phase of the 2001 government can happen again. As the logging incident happened. If we are not together, such things can happen again.'
Kaykobad said, 'If we had not made mistakes in 1996, especially if Islamic parties had not made mistakes, Awami League would never have come to power. We need to understand who is behind this power and why. You have to learn from there.'
This leader of BNP said, 'If the disappearances, murders, extortion, extortion and torture were repeated during the previous government, then they will have to suffer the same situation again. The people should be freed from these injustices, tyranny and injustice.'
Kaikobad was sentenced to life imprisonment in the 21 August 2004 grenade attack case. On October 10, 2018, Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 sentenced 19 people including former state minister for home Lutfuzzaman Babar to death and 19 people including acting chairman of BNP Tariq Rahman were sentenced to life imprisonment and 11 people were sentenced to different terms. However, on December 1, the high court bench consisting of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain overturned the verdict of the judicial court and acquitted everyone including the BNP leader.
Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaykobad was staying outside the country for a long time after the case was filed. On November 12, 2015, an Interpol red notice was issued against this five-time former Member of Parliament of Comilla-3 Constituency. Later he withdrew the red notice citing political considerations. Later, it is said that Kaykobad lived in Saudi Arabia for some time and in the United Arab Emirates for some time.
