India, Aug. 10 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday met the family of a TMC worker who allegedly died in police custody in the North 24 Parganas district and said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

He also offered Rs 10 lakh from the CM Relief fund to the bereaved family. BJP MLA Arjun Singh, senior police officials and local leaders accompanied Adhikari during his visit.

This came a day after former chief minister Mamata Banerjee faced a hostile crowd during her visit to the deceased party worker's home in Halisahar, with a mob surrounding her vehicle, hurling "thief" abuse at her and throwing mud and slippers at the convoy.

Birju Keot, the husband of former Kanchrapara municipal councillor J...