Staff Reporter:
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his party’s grave shock at the death of the Magura rape victim and demanded exemplary punishment of the perpetrators through speedy trial.
“The Magura’s minor girl became the victim of the cruelty of a group of beasts and he left the love of the earth after fighting against her injuries at a hospital. She made us cry. Her death has shamed us,” Fakhrul said in an instant reaction on receipt of the death news on Thursday.
Seeking eternal peace of the departed soul and extending sympathy to the bereaved family members, Fakhrul urged the authorities concerned to ensure exemplary punishment of the people involved in the crime.
The eight-year-old girl of Magura, who was undergoing treatment following a brutal assault, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka around 1pm on Thursday.
Earlier on Saturday, the third-grader, who was raped in Magura last Wednesday, was shifted to the CMH from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DRMCH) for advanced treatment as her condition deteriorated.
The minor girl met the tragedy when she was visiting her elder sister’s house in Magura town during the Ramadan school vacation. Someone found the girl alone at the house after her rape, said the victim’s mother.
Police have detained the victim’s brother-in-law and his father but have not yet confirmed whether they would be charged with rape.
On last Thursday morning, the victim’s sister’s mother-in-law took her to a hospital, after which neighbours informed the child’s parents, who reside in another upazila of the district.
Ayub Ali, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station, said that police were actively investigating the case.
Meanwhile, the victim’s mother filed a case with the police station this afternoon against the victim’s brother-in-law, his brother, and their parents in connection with the incident.
According to the case statement, the victim’s elder sister married a young man of Magura Municipality four months ago.
The victim’s sister, her husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law lived in the same house.
Since the marriage, the father-in-law of the victim’s elder sister had tried to build up an unethical relationship with his daughter-in-law and other family members were aware of the incident.
And, the incident led to a quarrel within the family amid the situation, the eight-year-old child went to visit her sister’s in-laws’ house on 1 March, said the case statement.
