6 year-old child accused in hijacking case!

Believe it or not, a six-year old boy faces an arrest warrant in a hijacking case!

Abu Sarwar Jibon became scared at the sight of policemen who went to their Kamalpur house in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila again on Friday to arrest him. But the law enforcers returned after talking to his parents.

Police went to their house earlier also to arrest Jibon but refrained from doing so after seeing him.

A hijack incident took place at Mirpur in Dhaka on April 28, 2002. One Nazmul Molla had lodged a case with Mirpur police station against one Shahinul Islam Jibon, 18, son of Yusuf Ali of Kamalpur village in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila and Md. Abdus Salam in this connection.

Mirpur police sent a arrest warrant to Moulvibazar police against Shahinul Islam Jibon, 18, son of Yusuf Ali of Kamalpur village.

But Moulvibazar police were baffled when they went to the village to arrest Jibon. Jibon is now about 9 and a student of class four at a local kindergarten school. He was 6 in 2002 and he never visited Dhaka.

After talking to Jibon's father, police sent the case back to Mirput thana, saying Jibon, son of Yusuf Ali, is not accused Jibon as mentioned in the case.

A few days later, Mirpur thana again sent the warrant to Moulvibazar to arrest Jibon. Police visited their house on Friday.

Talking to this correspondent, police sources said they are convinced that child Jibon is not accused Jibon. They have sent the arrest warrant back to Mirpur thana with a comment that there must have been something wrong somewhere, either done by the complainant or Mirpur police in recording the case.