The father of the woman student on Wednesday described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “mother-like figure” and urged her to forgive him if he had said anything wrong against her.

Two days ago, the father had slammed the chief minister for saying that “women should not venture out at night”, and said that he no longer felt safe in West Bengal. “How can the CM ask what my daughter was doing at 12.30 am inside the jungle. I was called (about the rape) at 10.15 pm? Imagine how I felt hearing this,” he had told The Indian Express , following the alleged gang rape of his daughter, a medical student.

Speaking to mediapersons on Wednesday, the father said, “ Mamata Banerjee is like a mother-like figure to me. If I have said anything wrong, I ask her to forgive me. I will ren

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