India, Oct. 15 -- The Durgapur case in West Bengal which a 23-year-old medical student has alleged rape saw its latest turn on Wednesday evening when the woman's father issued an apology for chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose rule he'd compared to Mughal ruler Aurangzeb's reign.

"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, as per news agency PTI.

He had earlier reacted angrily to Mamata Banerjee's remarks raising questions at why the student was out "late at night".

"It seems Bengal is under the rule of Aurangzeb. I want to take my daughter back to ...