India, Oct. 15 -- The father of the 23-year-old medical student who has alleged rape in Durgapur Wednesday described West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as a "mother-like figure" and urged the Trinamool Congress supremo to "forgive him" and help his daughter get justice.

The comments come just two days after he said West Bengal was under "Aurangzeb's rule".

"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.

It was on Monday that he criticised Mamata Banerjee's remarks on his daughter's case. The CM had said that "women should not venture out at night"...