He made the call in a Facebook post given from his verified page.
Mirza Fakhrul wrote, "Bring back Shahidul Alam. I urge the government to take immediate action for his safe return to Bangladesh."
Earlier today, Shahidul Alam said in a video message on his Facebook that he was part of a humanitarian aid flotilla heading to Gaza, which was intercepted by Israeli forces in the sea. He also claimed to be kidnapped by Israeli forces.
"I am Shahidul Alam, a photographer and writer from Bangladesh. If you have seen this video, you must have assumed that we were stranded at sea and I was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces," he said in his video message.
