‘Assam Rape Festival’ controversy
GUWAHATI: The cyber wing of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police has registered a case against an African portal for defaming and bringing disrepute to the State of Assam by webcasting a satirical piece titled “The Assam Rape Festival in India begin This Week”.
The case (No: 76/2013) has been registered under multiple sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act. The case was registered on instruction of the Assam’s Director General of Police, J N Choudhury.
The first two paragraphs of the piece says, “Men in India are already beginning to celebrate as the annual Assam Rape Festival is just days away. Every non-married girl aged 7-16 will have the chance to flee to safety or get raped.”
“Madhuban Ahluwalia who heads up the annual festival told reporters why the event is so important. “This is a long time tradition in Assam dating back thousands of years”, says Ahluwalia. “We rape the evil demons out of the girls, otherwise they will cheat on us and we will be forced to kill them. So it is necessary for everyone.”
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi in reaction tweeted today: “The Assam Rape Festival is not humorous. It is distasteful, unethical, abominable, despicable and must be abhorred by all sections of society.”