15 year old Purnima Rani Shil was gang raped by 25-30 men. An armed gang attacked their house at night in East Delua village, Ullahpura thana, Sirajganj on 8 October. They beat her parents mercilessly when they tried to stop the men. Purnima was taken to a nearby place and gang raped. Her uncon-scious body was rescued after two hours. Her family members were kept under lock and key on 9 Octo-ber, throughout the day to make sure that the incident did not get any publicity. When the members of the family went to the Ullapura thana, the OC refused to register the rape case and instead, tried to rec-ord it as a land dispute. The Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee brought Purnima and her parents to Dhaka, where she and her family members addressed a press conference in a local hotel. She alleged that she had recognized some of the attackers as belonging to the BNP[Sangbad, Janakantha, 21 October, 2001]
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Source: http://www.dailyjanakantha.com (June 17, 2006)