Dhaka, March 8 -- A child who was allegedly raped while visiting her sister's house in Magura has been placed on life support.

Her uncle, Yusuf Biswas, said she was put on life support on Friday night.

Earlier on Thursday evening, she was taken to Dhaka for advanced treatment and admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, or PICU, at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Citing doctors that day, Sub-Inspector Md Masud of the hospital's police outpost told bdnews24.com: "The child's condition is critical."

The 8-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted when she went to visit her sister's house in Nijnanduali village in the Magura suburbs on Thursday afternoon.

Her family says she was initially admitted to Magura Sadar Hospital for treatme...