Latif Siddique lands in jail

Former minister Abdul Latif Siddique, who made headlines for his anti-Hajj remarks, has landed in jail in a case for hurting religious sentiments, report agencies.
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Court gave the order Tuesday after he surrendered to Dhanmondi police Tuesday afternoon.
The court said Siddique was being ordered into jail since he did not seek bail in the case filed by BNP-leaning lawyer ANM Abed Raja.
The 77-year old politician's remarks on Hajj at a programme in New York last September kicked off a flurry of protests.
Protesters demanded he be sacked from the Cabinet and prosecuted. A number of cases accused him of hurting religious sentiments and warrants for him were out too.
The five-time MP from Tangail-4 subsequently lost his Cabinet berth and was expelled from the party while he was abroad. He went to India from the US before returning home last Sunday.
Those demanding his prosecution protested as police could not detain him on Monday.The former Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister turned up to the Dhanmondi Police Station around 1:30pm, two days after he returned home braving several court warrants pending for his arrest.
Latif Siddique returned home from Kolkata on Sunday night, nearly two months after his disparaging remarks on Islam in the USA.  A number of courts across the country, including ones in Dhaka, Chittagong and Narail, issued warrants for the arrest of Abdul Latif in separate cases filed for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims with his derogatory comments.
He also faces dozens of cases filed against him for his disparaging remarks.