Guwahati : A website article on an alleged 'Assam Rape Festival' has sparked widespread protests in Assam for denigrating the image of the state.
While the Chief Minister's office condemned it, the CID has taken up suo moto investigation, official sources said.
Bharat Narah, Press adviser to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, tweeted : "The Assam Rape Festival is not humorous. It is distasteful, unethical, abominable, despicable and must be abhorred by all sections of society".
Barnali Saikia Bora, Officer on Special Duty, said in a statement, "the fraudulent and extremely unethical article about the completely fictitious festival is an act of serious disrespect and total disregard shown towards the humble and unsuspecting people of our beautiful state of Assam".
