Dhaka, March 14 -- The eight-year-old girl who was raped and later died of her injuries in an attack in Magura has been laid to rest. The courtyard she once ran around in and the house she filled with an endless stream of words now stands silent. The air is heavy with grief.

The family, who live in Zaria village in Magura's Sreepur Upazila, has been in deep mourning since her death. A mother's heart-wrenching cries tear through the air. The entire village is shocked dumb by the painful way in which the child departed this world.

A visit to the family's house on Friday found the victim's mother beating her chest as she cried out. She could not be consoled or calmed. The tears ran down her face endlessly.

Her only demand in her grief was...