Durgapur rape case: Victim's father apologises to 'mother-like' Mamata

The Durgapur case in West Bengal which a 23-year-old medical student has alleged rape saw its latest turn on Wednesday evening when the woman's father issued an apology for chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose rule he'd compared to Mughal ruler Aurangzeb's reign.

People stage a protest in Kolkata over the alleged rape of a medical student in Durgapur of West Bengal. (PTI)

"Mamata Banerjee is like a mother-like figure to me. If I have said anything wrong, I ask her to forgive me. I will render countless obeisances at her feet. But I ask her to help my daughter get justice," the father told the media, as per news agency PTI.