North 24 Parganas, Feb. 12 -- West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose who arrived in Sandeshkhali after cutting short his visit in Kerala, said that what he saw in the violence-hit village was "ghastly shocking" and "shattering" to his senses.

"What I saw was ghastly shocking, shattering to my senses. I saw something which I should never have seen. I heard many things which I should never have heard. If you have tears, this is the time to shed those tears. If you have sighs to heave, heave them now. That is how horrible human life is, where the law cannot take its course," the Governor said.

Bose said that he could not believe that such a horrific incident could happen in the state where Rabindranath Tagore was born.

"When I listened to my...