Latif escaped arrest at airport for govt backing : BNP

BNP alleged on Monday that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique who had been staying abroad since his disparaging remarks against Islam came out of the airport on Sunday night safely with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants, reports UNB.
“It’s clear that there has been a big government support to Latif Siddique’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.
About the meeting with the Swedish minister who arrived in Bangladesh on a three-day visit, Fakhrul said they discussed various issues relating to Bangladesh’s democracy, politics, human rights and press freedom.
“We both sides agreed that democracy and human rights are the pre-conditions to development in any country. No proper development is possible without democracy and human rights. So, democracy must be restored.”