8-year-old rape victim dies without treatment

An eight-year-old girl, left untreated after being raped at Pashchimpar Dighuli village under Jamalpur Sadar upazila on April 8, died on Sunday night.
The deceased is Tarin, 8, daughter of Chan Mia of village Patilakura of the upazila.
Victim's grandmother Rawshon Ara on Monday night filed a case with Sadar police station accusing six people including the alleged rapist -- Harun-or-Rashid, 38, of Pashchimpar Dighuli village.
The other accused are Habu, 42, Jamal, 35, Kori, 40, Alam, 42, of Pashchimpar Dighuli village and Ripon, 30, of Patilakura village under Sadar upazila.
None of the accused were arrested as of filing this report yesterday.
Harun on April 8 evening offered a candy to the girl, living at her maternal uncle's house in Pashchimpar Dighuli village, took her to a lonely shallow machine room at the village and raped her, goes the case statement.
Police quoted the locals as saying that the five other accused helped the rapist to keep the incident secret through a monetary deal and they managed the victim's poor father and relatives by providing them a sum of money.
On Sunday night Tarin vomited several times and then fell asleep.
As the girl was found dead the following morning, it became known to neighbours that she remained untreated for days after being violated, locals said.
This correspondent failed to contact Tarin's father as he left the house for an undisclosed place after his daughter's death.
On Monday morning, locals blocked Jamalpur-Tangail highway at Jamtoli and staged demonstration demanding punishment to the rapist and his accomplices. Superintendent of Police Abdur Razzak rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control by giving people assurance of taking action against the criminals.
The victim's body was sent to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy on Tuesday morning, said officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar police station Abdul Matin.
Police administration has closed SI Abdul Aziz, the in-charge of Narayanpur sub-police station under Sadar police station, as locals complained that he was involved in hiding the rape and saving the criminals after the incident, the OC said.
SI Abdul Aziz however refuted the allegation.