‘We are still in shock’
The sister of the deceased eight-year-old Magura girl yesterday said the family wanted the highest punishment for the perpetrators.
"My family is still in shock, and we are still processing her death. My mother hasn't stopped crying yet," she told The Daily Star.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Her deceased sister, a third-grader, was fatally injured when she was choked and allegedly raped. She died at the Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday.
According to a case filed by her mother on March 8, the girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in Magura town.
Police arrested the sister's husband, his parents and brother.
Muhammad Alauddin, inspector of Magura Sadar Police Station, said police were waiting for the autopsy report.
He said the authorities assured him that the report would be released soon.
On Thursday, locals vandalised the house of the accused and set it on fire, said police.
Yesterday morning, angry locals threw stones at the burned down house in Magura town.
Protesters, mostly students, yesterday submitted a memorandum to the district administration, demanding prompt justice.
[Our correspondent in Benapole contributed to the report.]
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