The remand hearing in connection with the rape case of the eight-year-old girl, could not be held due to protest by student at the court premises on Sunday.

The law enforcers failed to produce the accused in the rape case due to security reasons.

As a result, the remand hearing, which was scheduled on Sunday, could not be held.

Earlier, in the day, students brought out a procession from Magura Government Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy College and marched towards Magura Chief Judicial Magistrate court.

Later, they blocked Dhaka-Khulna highway at Bhaina bus stand.

Ayub Ali, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the mother of the victim filed a case against four people in this connection on Saturday afternoon.

The arrestees were Hitu Sheikh, 50, Sajib Sheikh, 22, Ratul Sheikh, 25 and Zayeda Khatun, 40 of Nijnanduali village in Magura’s Sadar upazila.

The accused were sent to jail when police produced them before the court on Saturday.

Earlier on Friday, a group of students surrounded the Magura Sadar Police Station demanding justice.

The eight-year-old girl, a class III student, was raped when she visited her sister’s in-laws’ house at Nijnanduali village in Magura’s Sadar upazila.

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She went to bed with her sister at night, but in the dead of night, her sister found her missing and began searching for her.

After a frantic search, the girl was found unconscious a few yards away from the house.

She was initially admitted to Magura General Hospital and later transferred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital as her condition deteriorated.

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On Thursday, she was moved to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) before being shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka.