Reaz Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from State Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In Afghanistan with the aid of the Indian High Commission he was able to move to Bangladesh.
[3][4] He is an advisor to Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia.
[5] Bangladesh Nationalist Party called a strike on the following Thursday and blamed the government for the attack.
[6][5] The US State Department and the European Union condemned the attack on him and asked the government to investigate to find out those responsible.