The eight-year-old girl who died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after being raped a week ago was laid to eternal rest at her village home at Jaria village in Sreepur upazila of Magura district on Thursday.
The girl was buried hours after her body was brought to the Magura stadium by a helicopter around 5:15pm.
Her namaz-e-janaza was held after Maghrib prayers at Magura Nomani Maidan around 7pm.
People from all walks of life participated in the janaza.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar was present there too.
She was later buried at Jaria village in Sreepur upazila of the district, near her house.
As the death news spread, the agitated people set the house of Hitu Sheikh, the prime accused in the rape case, on fire at Nijnanduali village in Sadar upazila on Thursday evening.
The incident occurred on March 5 night when the victim visited her sister’s in-laws’ house at Nijnanduali village in Magura’s Sadar upazila.
She went to bed with her sister at night, but at the dead of night, her sister found her missing and began searching for her.
After a frantic search, the girl was found unconscious a few yards away from the house.
She was initially admitted to Magura General Hospital that night and later transferred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.
On Thursday, she was moved to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) before being shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.
The rape of the girl sparked protests across the country.
University students, including those of Dhaka University, staged demonstrations on their respective campuses, demanding the death penalty of the accused.
