Tribal woman files case against Yogi for sharing her nude pic on social media

New Delhi, Jun 21: A tribal woman in Assam's Biswanath district has filed a case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and Assam Lok Sabha MP Ram Prasad Sarma for sharing her nude photo on social media.

The photograph was taken 10 years ago during a protest in Guwahati.

Laxmi Orang has filed a complaint in the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) the Information Technology Act.

"Yogi Adityanath, without knowing any fact, commented in the social media that the rally was on behalf of the BJP and the Congress workers attacked it," Orang said referring to her participating in an agitation in Guwahati in 2007.

"When Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao at the same time his party Chief Minister (Adityanath) is doing this type of work. Is this democracy?" she questioned.

Want justice for her: MP Ram Prasad Sarma

When contacted, Sarma said "it (the stripping) was a fact and a true incident during that time. I shared it so that people know that an unfortunate girl was a victim and no justice has been given to her till now.

"I have not given any comment with the shared post," Sarma said adding he had asked Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal a few days ago to reopen her case so that she gets justice.