"I have never offered money to the deceased doctor's family, this is nothing but slander," Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says.
"I told the deceased doctor's parents that if they wanted to do something in their daughter's memory, our government is with them. This is a conspiracy by the Centre and some Left parties are also involved.
She added that Kolkata CP Vineet Goyal had offered to resign after the RG Kar protests but the state needed someone who knows law and order ahead of Durga Puja.