West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Saturday met the families of the Baruipur rape-murder victim and the lynching victim while visiting the South 24 Parganas district to inaugurate a new police outpost.

Handing over a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Indrajit Mondal, who was mistakenly lynched by a mob after the rape-murder of the minor girl, the chief minister said, “He was attacked after his identity was known. Those who lost the election are behind the instigation of the mob assault incident. The young man was brutally beaten to death; the government stands by the family.”

Adhikari also announced that the elder brother of the lynching victim has been given the job of a civic volunteer, and Mondal’s parents will receive Annapurna Bhandar benefits and old-age pension.

Praising the minor victim’s family for cooperating with the government, the West Bengal CM said, “The minor’s family has helped the government from the very first day. The government is grateful to the minor’s family. The family has filed complaints against four people, and all four have been arrested. The accused had fled up to the Basirhat border and were caught from there. The investigation will be monitored by me.”

Adhikari said the fear of the law must exist in the minds of criminals, not in the minds of ordinary people.

On Saturday, the chief minister also made an announcement regarding the 2013 Kamduni gangrape-murder case. He stated that the state government would provide all possible assistance to the victim’s family in the Supreme Court through a government lawyer. Unlike the previous government, the victim’s family would no longer be opposed in the Supreme Court, the chief minister added.

Meanwhile, the chief minister also directed the police to launch a special drive over the next two weeks against drug dens across the state.

After Adhikari’s visit, both families told media persons that they were happy with the actions taken by the administration and the police since the rape-murder incident.