Sacked minister Latif Siddique has been arrested after he surrendered at Dhanmondi police station.
Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station; and Officer-in-Charge (investigation) Helal Uddin confirmed the Dhaka Tribune that Latif Siddique surrendered before the police station around 1:35pm on Tuesday.
The former minister has been produced before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman around 2:25pm.
He was taken to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) court around 2pm.
Earlier, Latif returned to the country on Sunday night amid warrants for his arrest.
A number of arrest warrants have been issued by different Dhaka courts against Latif Siddique for hurting the countrymen’s religious sentiment by making controversial remarks on Hajj and Tablig.
On September 28, during a programme in the US, Latif Siddique made controversial comments on Hajj, Ijtema and PM’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
At the programme organised by the Tangail Samity at a hotel in New York, Latif said he was against Hajj and Tabligh Jamaat more than he was against Jamaat-e-Islami.
