Guwahati, Oct 8 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma on Wednesday filed a criminal defamation case against Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi for alleging that one of her firms had participated in the North East India Festival in Singapore, where singer Zubeen Garg died.

Bhuyan Sarma filed the case against the Sivasagar MLA at the Kamrup Metro Chief Judicial Magistrate's court for making ''false and unfounded allegations that the Golden Threads of Assam had participated in a fashion show organised during the festival in Singapore”.

Besides Gogoi, a case has also been filed against the director of news portal 'Pratibimba Live', her lawyer Kishore Dutta said here.

Dutta said Bhuyan Sarma and her company have no relation with the festival or its organiser, an

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