Chairman Sayd Tarik Rahman | ||
Bangladesh Freedom Party is a party founded by Captain Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Colonel Sayed Farook Rahman and Major Bazlul Huda the chief conspirators of the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975.
1990- present
The party, according to 1997 UNHRC report, kept a low profile.
According to the Bangladesh Police, from 2000 onward, Mehnaz Rashid, daughter of Khandaker Abdur Rashid, had been involved in reorganizing Freedom Party. She contested the parliamentary polls in 2001 and 2008 from Chandina of Comilla on Freedom Party ticket.
In 2009, Mehnaz Rashid was arrested by police, along with Kamrul Haque Swapan, younger brother of Major Sharful Haq Dalim for suspected links to a bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh.
The party's current chairman is Colonel Farookâs son Sayd Tarik Rahman, who lives in Sydney.