Dakshin Dinajpur, May 21 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of lying about the Murshidabad violence, following the release of a fact-finding report by a committee set up by the Calcutta High Court.

The report, which probed the April 11 violence in Murshidabad, allegedly implicates a Trinamool Congress councillor and points to police inaction. Majumdar claimed that the Chief Minister's earlier statement blaming "outsiders" for the incident was false.

"The report of the committee formed by the High Court implicates local councillor Mehboob Alam and the TMC government. The report clearly shows that Mamata Banerjee lied about outsiders being responsible. She must apologise to t...