In a recent interview, Obaidul Quader revealed that he stayed in Bangladesh for nearly three months after Sheikh Hasina fled to India amid the uprising. “I wanted to see if something could be done from inside,” he said, referring to the growing dissatisfaction among workers, especially in the garment sector. “I tried to connect with them, but one by one, we were being arrested.” Quader claimed he was implicated in 212 murder cases and eventually fled, hiding in a neighbor’s bathroom on August 5 before being allowed a safe exit by protesting students who later took selfies with him.