New Delhi, April 7 An Assam Police team arrived at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday to question him and conducted a search related to a case filed by the wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, officials said. The case was filed over his allegations of multiple passports and undeclared assets.
Speaking to reporters outside the Congress leader's house, Assam police DCP Debojit Nath said that Khera was not found at his residence. However, he said, a search was conducted and electronic devices were seized.
"Some incriminating material was found, but its details cannot be disclosed at this stage," he added, noting that the case had been registered at the Crime Branch Police Station in Guwahati.
Sarma had warned of legal action against Khera, who had in a press conference on Sunday alleged that the chief minister's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the CM's election affidavit.
Sources said that over a dozen police personnel descended on Khera's house in Nizamuddin in central Delhi at around 11 am and left after around two hours.
The Congress hit out at Sarma, alleging that he was "disturbed and rattled" due to the upcoming April 9 polls and was using state machinery to silence the opposition's voice. However, the chief minister said the police will hunt down Khera "from the depths of hell" to question him on the "false documents" that he had used to target his family.
"Pawan Khera had dared the Assam Police to arrest him, but he has now run away to Hyderabad," Sarma told
