Yet another arrest warrant for Latif Siddique
A Dhaka court yesterday again ordered police to arrest Awami League leader and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed for hurting Muslims' religious sentiments.
The order came as officers-in-charge of Kalihati and Paltan police stations failed to submit any report to it by yesterday on the execution of the arrest order.
Earlier on October 15, the same court issued an arrest warrant against Latif as he failed to appear before the court as per its previous order issued on October 2.
The arrest warrant was issued after advocate Shah Alam, plaintiff of the case, submitted a petition to the court seeking Latif's arrest as he failed to appear before the court on October 15.
Earlier, more than seven arrest warrants from different courts across the country were issued against him.
Latif is under fire for the derogatory comments he made on Hajj and Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) in New York on September 28.
Latif, now in India's Kolkata, is facing more than two dozen of cases filed with different courts in several parts of the country over the comments.
He was removed from the cabinet as well as the Awami League presidium on October 12.
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