The eight-year-old child raped while visiting her elder sister at her in-laws’ Magura home early Thursday was still unconscious at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday.Â
The police have arrested the victim’s brother-in-law and his father in connection with the incident.
The child was brought unconscious to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday night, said Mohammad Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost.
She was still unconscious as of 7:30pm on Friday.
She has been kept at the paediatric intensive care unit at the hospital and would be put on life support if her condition worsens even further, the DMCH officials said.
Magura Sadar police station officer-in-charge Ayub Ali said that the child was taken to Magura 250-bed hospital in an unconscious state at about 11:00am on Thursday.
After she was taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, they referred her to the DMCH, he said.
‘It was initially believed that the child was raped in the house. Based on accusations from the child’s family, the police took victim’s brother-in-law and his father in custody for interrogation on Thursday,’ the OC added.
Victim’s mother told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· on Friday that they hailed from Sripur of Magura and the child came to visit her elder sister’s in-laws’ house a few days back.
Her sister’s mother-in-law brought the child in an unconscious state to Magura 250-bed hospital. Later, the child’s mother arrived at the hospital.
The child reportedly had a mark on her neck and scratches on several parts of her body.
A group of 50-60 students brought out a protest march in front of the DMCH emergency department on Friday, demanding the arrest and trial of those involved in the incident.
Students of Jagannath University staged a protest rally on Friday, condemning the rape of the child, on the JnU campus in Dhaka.
Meanwhile, Samajtantrik Women’s Forum in a statement on Friday demanded exemplary punishment for the perpetrators.