An activist dressed up as Lord Shiva for a street play on the rising cost of fuels, was arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and later released on Sunday after a storm on social media. The activist Birinchi Bora drove into the venue of the street play dramatically on a motorcycle with another actor dressed as Goddess Parvati for their play on Saturday which had several Hindutva outfits up in arms demanding their arrest.
Disapproving of the arrest, Assam Chief Minister Himanta
Biswa Sarma said on Twitter that enacting a street play over current issues is not blasphemous and instructions have been issued to the police to release him.