Two cousins, aged 13 and 22, have reportedly been raped by seven youths at Batiaghata upazila in Khulna.

Police detained three people on Monday in connection with the rape, said Zahidur Rahman, inspector (Investigation) of Batiaghata police station.

Police said a group of six to seven youths entered a house at Fulbari village of the upazila in the small hours of Sunday and raped the two girl after taking hostage the elder girl’s two-year-old child.

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The rapists also tortured the child dipping it in a bucket full of water.

The mother of the younger girl said she went to her sister’s house in Dumuria upazila when the crime took place at her house.  “Later, my elder daughter informed me the matter at dawn over phone.”

The two girls and the child were admitted to the One Stop Crisis Center (OCC) of Khulna Medical College and Hospital (KMCH).

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The child was shifted to Khulna Shishu Hospital as its condition was critical, she added.

Meanwhile, the victims identified two of the rapists as Nayeem and Mujahid, said the mother.

Legal processes are underway in this regard, said Inspector Zahidur.