Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on the Durgapur gang rape case, calling her statement “falsified” and accusing the state government of being “inefficient in the investigation”.

The Union Minister said there were “inefficiencies in the investigation”, and citing an earlier gangrape incident in the Kamduni village, added that the bail to the accused had encouraged the rapists.

On October 10, the second-year student of a private medical college was allegedly gangraped at night. The survivor is from Jaleswar, Odisha.

Speaking to mediapersons on the issue, Majumdar said, “Mamata Banerjee is issuing a falsified statement because the incident did not happen inside the campus…This is a total failure of administrat

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