India, Nov. 11 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday extended his support to a woman who has renewed her allegations of sexual assault against former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat after 23 years, and sought a fresh DNA test to establish the paternity of her son.

The woman, who hails from Sadiya in Assam's Tinsukia district, met Sarma on Tuesday, following which the chief minister said he stood firmly with her in her fight for justice.

"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 said in a social media post.

Speaking to reporters here ...