Kolkata, Nov. 10 -- Police in West Bengal have been given a free hand to deal with suspects in rape and murder cases, narcotics trade and infiltration from Bangladesh, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday hours after a 47-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in North Dinajpur district was killed in a police encounter. "Will police treat their attackers with rasgullas? What are their guns meant for?" Adhikari said at a government event in East Midnapore district, around six hours after the North Dinajpur encounter. This was the fourth death of a suspected rapist and murderer in a police encounter since May. However, unlike the three others who died during alleged attempts to escape police custody, the man killed on Monday was allegedly on the run to evade arrest. htc...