The rape of Purnima Rani Shil, then a child, took place during post-election violence against Awami League supporters and religious minorities in 2001.
Purnima was targeted as she was a polling agent of the Awami League and she had also protested ballot stuffing by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists during the election.
[1] Shil received financial support for her education from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of Awami League.
On 16 January 2019, she bought nomination papers from Awami League with the aim of becoming a member of parliament from women's reserved seat.
The video showed violence against minorities in Bangladesh, Islamic extremists in the Middle East, and cattle smuggling in the Bangladesh-India border.