"I was about to visit the family. What has happened is really sad and horrific. We promise stringent action against the culprits. We'll submit chargesheet within 7/8 days and the culprits will be punished within a month. We, on behalf of the government, will plea for death sentence," Banerjee said after visiting the victim's family members.
"Our's is the only government in India which punished culprits within 27 days in Balurghat in North Bengal. We are number one in taking action", she claimed.
"Don't you feel ashamed to do politics on such incident? You are doing CPI(M) politics. Those who were arrested were connected with CPI(M)," Banerjee, who lost her cool, remarked.
In an obvious reference to the previous Left Front government, she said they should have planned more police stations.
Stating that she would not not spell out the details of what came up in her meeting with the victim's family, the Chief Minister said, four new police stations would be opened in the area.
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