New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu at a private hospital in Siliguri, where he is undergoing treatment following a serious assault by the mob.

The attack took place on Monday in Nagarkata, in the Dooars region of North Bengal, while the MP was surveying areas affected by floods and landslides.

Television footage showed the chief minister entering the hospital where the Maldaha Uttar MP is currently admitted. According to sources within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Banerjee spoke with doctors and personally assured the opposition leader that he would receive all necessary assistance from the state government, reported news agency PTI.

Murmu was...