Kolkata, July 15 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that the Barasat court should have awarded capital punishment to the accused in the 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case, while also saying that the state government will be supporting the victim's family in the Supreme Court.

Adhikari assured that the Bengal government's role in the Supreme Court will be against the "murderers", with his statements being turned into work and action.

"Barasat Court should award capital punishment. The previous government had changed 16 public prosecutors and acquitted the accused. The affected family went to the Supreme Court, where the case is pending now. I told the affected family that the role of the state government...