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Army members took MA Latif, the Awami League lawmaker from Chittagong-11 constituency in the recently dissolved parliament, into their custody on Friday evening.
MA Latif was detained from the residence of his nephew in the city's Motherbari Nasu Malum Mosque area, where he has been hiding since the ouster of his government.
Eyewitnesses said that Latif offered prayers at the local mosque on Friday. After the prayer, he also exchanged greetings with the local people.
Later, he went to his nephew Adnanul Islam Chowdhury's house. When BNP men came to know this, they surrounded the house.
On receiving the news, the army members went there and dispersed the BNP leaders and activists, and took Latif into their custody.
Latif was also the former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI). He was an MP for the last four times including in the dissolved parliament.