A court here Sunday fixed December 7 for framing charge against sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in a case filed for his disparaging remarks on Hajj and Tablig Jamaat, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order.
Latif Siddique was sent to jail by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman when police produced him before the court following his surrender at Dhanmondi Police Station on November 25.
Later, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Sarker transferred the case to the court of Metropolitan Magistrage Mohammad Asaduzzaman.
Latif Siddique was shown arrested by the police on November 25 in one of the seven cases filed against him in Dhaka for his disparaging remarks on Hajj and Tabliq Jamaat.
The case was filed with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrage's court by Advocate ANM Abed Raja, former president of Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Association.
Today (Sunday), the petitioner filed an application with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor for not holding any hearing in the case in his absence.
On October 28, the same court issued a warrant for the arrest of Latif Siddique, the former Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister, as he did not appear in compliance with its order.
Latif Siddique turned up at the Dhanmondi Police Station around 1:30 pm on November 25, two days after he returned home amid several court warrants pending for his arrest.
He returned home from Kolkata on the night of November 23, nearly two months after he made the disparaging remarks on Islam in the USA.
Charge framing against Latif Siddique on Dec 7
FE Team | Published: December 01, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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