Dhaka, Sept. 18 -- A BNP leader has been accused of threatening to burn a Hindu businessman to death in Patuakhali's Bauphal Upazila.

An audio recording of the alleged one-minute and 57-second conversation containing the threat has gone viral on social media.

Businessman Govinda Chandra Mandal, who was reportedly threatened in the incident, filed a general diary (GD) against the BNP leader on Thursday, Bauphal Police Station chief Sirajul Islam said.

The 52-year-old Govinda lives in Bauphal Sadar Union. He is involved in the real estate business in Dhaka. He also owns cattle and poultry farms and fish enclosures in the area.

Govinda had announced that he would run for chairman in the union council (UP) elections, and had put up banner...