Shimla, April 14 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday asserted that women are safe in the state and assured strict action in the recent Mandi murder case, while defending the government's decisions on healthcare infrastructure and dismissing Opposition criticism.

The Chief Minister was speaking to the media after unveiling a statue of BR Ambedkar at Chaura Maidan in Shimla on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Referring to the recent killing of a 19-year-old college student in Mandi's Sarka Ghat area, Sukhu said the accused was arrested promptly.

"A daughter of ours was brutally murdered. We ensured the immediate arrest of the accused. I have directed the DGP to conduct a thorough and strict investig...