Dhaka, March 15 -- Hitu Sheikh, the prime accused in the widely discussed case over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old child in Magura, has given a statement in court.

Magura Senior Judicial Magistrate Sabyasachi Roy recorded the statement made under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or CrPC, on Saturday, lawyer Shahed Hasan Togar said.

The panel lawyer of the plaintiff said the defendant had given the confessional statement from afternoon to evening.

The district's Additional Superintendent of Police Mirajul Islam says the details of the statement will be disclosed later, adding that three other accused in the case are still in remand.

The family alleged that the child was raped on Mar 6 while visiting her sister's hou...