He alleged that while they were waiting in the VIP room, the immigration police took their passports, claiming they needed to make copies.
They kept thier passports for a long time and delayed them deliberately, he claimed.
"When I asked, they said I needed clearance from an intelligence agency."
"I've traveled abroad numerous times without needing clearance. The immigration police informed me that they couldn't allow me to leave because they hadn't received instructions from higher authorities," said Shamsher Mobin.
They advised him to seek permission from the top level of the interim government, he stated.
Mobin said he showed a 2010 court ruling saying that he should not face any obstacles when travelling abroad, but that was ignored. He was advised to contact higher authorities.
Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, a former vice-chairman of the BNP, resigned from all his BNP positions in 2015.
He later joined Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh in 2018 and, in September 2023, became the chairperson of Trinamool BNP, which was registered as a political party prior to the last national elections.
