New Delhi, July 11 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday rejected to call auto-rickshaw driver Indrajit Mondal's killing as a "lynching", stating that his identity had been established prior to the "murder".

He further alleged that the violence that broke out in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas following the recovery of the body of an 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and whose body was found stuffed inside a sack in a pond, may have been instigated by radical communal elements or individuals rejected by voters, according to ANI.

Adhikari made the remarks after handing over an appointment letter and financial assistance of Rs.25 lakh to Mondal's family. Earlier in the day, he visited the girl's parents at their...