[1] After the liberation war against Pakistan and the declaration of Bangladesh as a sovereign and independent state, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the newly independent country, later premiered Bangladesh as the President in 1975 for a few months till his assassination by disgruntled army officers led by Sayed Farooq-ur-Rahman, Khandakar Abdur Rashid, Bazlul Huda, Shariful Haque Dalim, Abdul Majed and others with the backing of to-be president Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed.

Along with this, Mujib had proclaimed using the desperate situation of the state, a 'state of emergency' on 28 December 1974, suspending law courts of their power to intervene in his actions.

This anti-Mujib sentiment in Sayed Farooq-ur-Rahman had gone to its highest point when members of Awami League had committed the following crime as stated in Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood by Anthony Mascarenhas: "One day during a combing operation in the Tongi area north of Dhaka, Major Nasser who was commanding another squadron of the Bengal Lancers, arrested three smalltime thugs.

In the course of interrogation one of the men broke down and told the army officers a story about a particularly gruesome triple murder which had rocked Tongi the previous winter.

Confessing to his part in the crime, the thug told the army men the police investigation was called off when they found that the ring-leader of the gang was his boss, Muzamil, chairman of the Tongi Awami League.

According to Farook the confession so infuriated the interrogating officer, a boyish lieu-tenant named Ishtiaq who has since resigned and left the country, that 'he started kicking the chap so hard that he died of internal injuries.'

Colonel Farooq also sought the guidance of a Muhajir Sufi Peer from Bihar who has settled down in Chittagong as stated in Bangladesh: A legacy of blood by Anthony Mascarenhas: "Farook decided to seek celestial sanction for his terrible purpose.

He sought out in the crowded Hali Shaar quarter of Chittagong a Bihari holy man who would have a powerful influence on the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

"[2] It was through all this the 1975 coup d'état had been done, through the coalition of the plethora of anti-Mujib sentiments held amongst people in the country and the army which had risked their lives for a free and independent Bangladesh governed with justice and no corruption.

When he returned to Bangladesh, the government facilitated him and President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who wanted some candidate to stand against him in the rigged elections.

Ershad let Farooq stand to give himself credibility.”[11][12][13] On 10 August 1989, activists and leaders of Freedom Party allegedly launched an attack at Sheikh Hasina's the then residence in Dhanmondi's Road 32.

Around 14 members of the Bangladesh Freedom Party lead by a certain Kajol and Kobir attacked Sheikh Hasina's residence by hurling a bomb and firing gunshots, as stated in the case referred to court.

Following the incident, Zahurul Islam, a security guard of the residence, filed two cases with Dhanmondi Police Station, one for plotting to kill Hasina and other for hurling and possessing a bomb.

Four of the accused, Sohel, Golam Sarwar Mamun, Joy Miah and Syed Nazmul Maksud Murad are all currently in jail.

The Dhaka court sentenced Zaynul Abedin and 21 more to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal firearms, murder and assault .

[15] 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 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.

[16] The current leadership team of the Bangladesh Freedom Party were formerly in exile and sought political refugee status in Australia and became citizens.

The vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Freedom Party is Farooq's younger son Sayed Zubair Farooq who is a Doctoral graduate in Behavioral Economics and ethical banking from the University of Technology Sydney, chief executive of Unity Grammar College, an Islamic private school in Australia, he is also ministerial financial advisor to Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum.