Latif dodging arrest with govt backing: BNP

BNP on Monday alleged that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui who had been staying abroad since his rant on Haly Hajj safely came out of the airport on Sunday night with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants. ‘It’s clear that there has been a big government support to Latif Siddiqui’s safe return … This also demonstrates his constant contact with the administration,’ said BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He further said Latif would not have been able to come out of the airport avoiding arrest had the government been sincere in taking legal action against him. The BNP spokesman made the remarks while talking to journalists after a meeting with visiting Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin at the Swedish ambassador’s office. Despite having several court warrants pending for his arrest, 77-year-old former Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui returned home on Sunday night, nearly 2 months after his disparaging remarks against Holy Hajj and Tabligh Jamaat in the USA, according to s news agency.