Guwahati, Nov. 11 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday expressed support for Assam resident Indira Devi, alias Jenny, in her decades-old paternity dispute involving former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat, describing the alleged treatment she faced as "extremely wrong and reprehensible".

In a post on X, Sarma said he had met Jenny and assured her of his support in her fight for justice.

"Yesterday I met Jenny, a resident of Assam. What a man named Harak Singh Rawat from Uttarakhand did to her is extremely wrong and reprehensible. No one should have to suffer the kind of cruelty she endured. I stand firmly with her in this fight for justice," Sarma wrote.

Jenny has demanded a fresh DNA test to establish the pat...