<i>5-yr-old boy accused of issuing death threats</i>

A five-year-old boy has been accused of issuing death threats and destroying properties in the charge sheet of a general diary (GD) filed with the Naikkhangchhari Police Station in Bandarban.
The child, Shahidul, appeared in the Bandarban District Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday for the hearing of the case, which drew huge attention in the court area.
The boy came to the court on the shoulder of his father Hadi Bari (50), who along with his wife Peyara Begum (40) and two others is also accused in the charge sheet.
Sub-Inspector Salahuddin of Naikkhangchhari PS, investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet showing Shahidul aged 23 years. He said in the charge sheet that the allegations were "primarily" proved.
A few rubber garden owners filed the GD on August 15 last year, accusing the five of threatening them with death and encroaching upon land and destroying properties.
The other accused are Abdul Latif (20) and Abdul Barik (25).
The name of a woman accused, Rabika, was dropped from the charge sheet.
Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Faruk granted bail to Bari, his wife and child after defence lawyer Advocate Tapan Das appealed for dropping the name of Shahidul from the charge sheet and granting bail to the accused.
The complainants, meanwhile, prayed to the court for changing the names of accused, but the court kept the matter pending for hearing as the accused protested against the prayer.