The Magura Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against four individuals accused of the death of an 8-year-old girl after rape in the district in early March this year.
Judge M Zahid Hasan of the court framed the charges after the four had been produced before the court in the morning.
The court also set April 27 for the commencement of the trial by recording the testimonies of three prosecution witnesses.
The accused are Hitu Sheikh, father-in-law of the victim鈥檚 sister, Hitu鈥檚 wife Jaheda Begum, his son and victim鈥檚 brother-in-law Sajib Sheikh, and Sajib鈥檚 brother Ratul Sheikh.
They heard the charges against them from the dock.
Earlier on April 13, the police submitted the charge sheet against them to the court.
The eight-year-old girl from Sreepur Upazila in Magura came to visit her elder sister鈥檚 in-laws鈥� house in Magura Sadar Upazila in early March. She was raped there.
On March 6, the victim was taken to a hospital in Magura in an unconscious state and was later to Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
From there, she was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and then to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, where she died on March 13.
On March 8, the victim鈥檚 mother filed a case with Magura Sadar police, naming the four suspects.
The incident triggered widespread anti-rape protests in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country.