Dhaka, March 14 -- The 8-year-old minor girl who was allegedly raped in an attack in Magura has died while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

She breathed her last at 1pm on Thursday, the Inter-Services Public Relations, or ISPR, informed in a press release.

Col. Nazmul Hamid, professor of pediatric neurology at Dhaka CMH, said the child had two cardiac arrests on Thursday morning.

After CPR, it took nearly 30 minutes for the heartbeat to return. Again, the kid suffered cardiac arrest around 12:00 pm. Despite this round of CPR, her heart bit did not return. She was pronounced dead around 1 pm.

Earlier, on Wednesday night, the child was raped by her sister's father-in-law, who was allegedly helped by his s...