MA Latif, the Awami League lawmaker from Chittagong-11 constituency in the recently dissolved parliament, was detained from the residence of his nephew in the Port City, where he has been hiding since the ouster of his government.
Members of Bangladesh Army detained him from the city's Motherbari Nasu Malum Mosque area around 6:30pm on Friday.
Eyewitnesses said that Latif offered Friday prayers at the local Nasu Malum 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 of Adnanul Islam.
On receiving the news, the army members went there and dispersed the BNP leaders and activists, and took Latif into their custody.
Latif, also the former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry, serving as an MP for the last four times.