West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been under attack for her comment on the Durgapur gang rape case, hit out at the media on Sunday, saying her remarks were misreported and deliberately distorted. "The media distorted my words. You ask me a question, I answer it, and then you distort it. Do not try this kind of politics...," she said.

What did West Bengal CM say earlier today?

The Chief Minister had questioned why the young engineering student had been out of her hostel post-midnight. "She was studying in a private medical college. Whose responsibility is it? How did she come out at 12.30 at night?" she had asked in her first remarks to the media after the incident.

Banerjee condemned the incident and assured that strong action would be taken against the perpetrators. "

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