Dhaka, May 17 -- Months after a child was "raped and murdered" in a brutal Magura episode that took the nation by storm, the charge sheet against the prime accused, Hitu Sheikh, detailed the "horror" of the act as women leaders related the assault to a "twisted and demonic mentality".

In a reaction to the chargesheet's account of Hitu's "use of a blade to sexually assault" the child, a woman activist said: "Only a twisted, demonic beast could do this. An innocent child has been unimaginably brutalised."

The court set Saturday for the verdict in the rape and murder case of the 8-year-old child.

The trial, which has drawn widespread outrage across the country, is under way. The verdict is set to be delivered two months and 11 days after ...