An eight-year-old girl, who was raped while visiting her sister's in-laws in Magura, is in deteriorating condition and is being transferred to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for further treatment.
The girl's cousin confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Friday.
He said: "Her condition is very bad. She has not regained consciousness. Everyone went inside to see her. The doctors say her pulse rate is very low. We are waiting for her to wake up."
Describing the incident, he added: "We rescued her on Thursday morning and took her to Magura Sadar Hospital. The doctors said she was having seizures due to excessive bleeding. As her condition deteriorated, she was sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital and then transferred to Dhaka for advanced treatment on Friday morning.”
He also said: “Her throat was swollen, and her chest had cuts or marks as if made with a sharp object. The left side of her chest had an 'N' carved into it, and the right side was slashed. There was a lot of bleeding, and she was completely unconscious."
He further said: "The incident took place around 2am on Wednesday when she was sleeping next to her sister. After the incident, when her condition worsened, there was an attempt to kill her.
"It is suspected that her sister’s father-in-law Hitu Mia committed the crime because we later learned he had a previous accusation of raping another girl. He also reportedly attempted inappropriate behavior with my elder sister, his son’s wife, two to three times."
Meanwhile, the girl's mother filed a case with Magura Sadar police station at noon on Saturday.
So far, four people, including the girl's sister's father-in-law Hitu Mia, and his son Sajib Sheikh, has been arrested.
Earlier, the girl's mother shared a video message on social media, saying: "Four months ago, I married off my 14-year-old daughter to Sajib Sheikh, 18, son of local resident Hitu Mia. Everything was fine for the first three months, but for the past month, my daughter has been scared.”
She continued: "On Thursday morning, I received a call saying— Your younger daughter is sick; please come to the hospital quickly. When I got there, I saw this condition. I asked my elder daughter— What happened? How did this happen? She replied— Mom, I don’t know. She was sleeping beside me, and around 2:30am, I found her on the floor in this state.”
