Guwahati, April 8 Congress leader Pawan Khera accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday of "deploying" the state police against him instead of addressing the opposition party's questions about multiple passports and foreign investments linked to the Chief Minister's wife.
In a recorded video addressed to the Chief Minister from an undisclosed location, Khera said, "Our party had only asked you some questions. Why do you want to silence us? We have asked questions; give us the answers."
He added, "Instead of replying, you are resorting to abusive language, and you have put police behind me. I am not afraid of them. But I am avoiding them because I have more questions to ask."
Khera reiterated questions regarding a purported company registered in the US state of Wyoming in the name of Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, claiming that the official company website lists a London address as primary and two other addresses in Dubai and Dhaka.
He said the London address is also linked with 'Bhuyan Properties Ltd', according to UK government records.
Referring to his previous charge of Bhuyan Sarma possessing passports of Egypt and Antigua and Barbuda, and the golden visa of the UAE, Khera asked, "Did you or your agent or one of your family members use fake KYC documents to open these shell companies, buy properties?"
"This can only be known through an investigation. You are in government, and you should investigate these rather than trying to intimidate us," Khera added.
Khera had brought the accusations against Bhuyan Sarma of possessing multiple passports and properties in foreign countries on April 5, which have been dismissed by the Chief Minister and his wife as false.
Bhuyan Sarma has also registered a police complaint here, based on which an Assam Police team had gone to Khera's New Delhi residence on Tuesday for questioning, but could not find him.
The Congress leader's charges surfaced ahead of the Assam Assembly elections scheduled for Thursday.