New Delhi, June 28 -- Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape case of a law student in Kolkata's South Calcutta Law College. Chowdhury stated that the incident demonstrates the deteriorating law and order situation in Bengal, which has descended into anarchy.

"It demonstrates that law & order in Bengal has been deteriorating from bad to worse. Virtually a semblance of anarchy has descended in Bengal, as a result of which, even in the law college hostel, a girl student had been gangraped," the Congress leader told ANI.

He alleged that the accused individuals, who are reportedly associated with the Trinamool Congress, have been emboldened by their connection to the...