India, Dec. 21 -- A seven-year-old girl was burnt to death and three others were injured after the house of a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader-allegedly locked from the outside-was set on fire in Bangladesh's Lakshmipur district early Sunday, media reports said.

The incident occurred around 1:00 am at the residence of Belal Hossain, a local businessman and assistant organising secretary of the Bhabaniganj Union unit of the BNP, police told The Daily Star.

Belal Hossain and his two other daughters-Salma Akter, 16, and Samia Akter, 14-sustained severe burn injuries. Belal is undergoing treatment at Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital, while the two teenage girls have been shifted to Dhaka for advanced medical care.

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