New Delhi, 7 April 2026

An Assam Police team on Tuesday reached the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera for questioning him and carried out a search in connection with a case filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife over his allegations of multiple passports and undeclared assets, officials said.

Speaking with 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 carried out and electronic devices were seized.

Some "incriminating material" was found but its details cannot be disclosed at this stage, he said, adding 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 "imminent" defeat in the 9 April polls and was using state machinery to muzzle the Opposition's voice, but the chief minister said the police will hunt down Khera from "pataal (netherworld) 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 PTI Videos in Sivasagar, Assam, on the sidelines of a poll campaign meeting.

In Delhi, the DCP said that the whereabouts of the Congress leader are currently unknown, but he will be traced.

The team formally informed Delhi Police upon arrival, following which a local police team joined in assisting in the proceedings, official sources said.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the deployment of a "full army of police officials" to arrest Khera "for asking basic questions in the public interest" proves that the Assam CM is "disturbed, desperate, and rattled".

"This is not due process but instead a witch hunt, a bully using state machinery to muzzle and silence the voice of the Opposition that is exposing his many black deeds. Those who intimidate are the ones who are afraid and have much to hide," Ramesh said on X.

It also proves that the CM is facing imminent defeat, Ramesh claimed.

Asked about Khera's allegations against Sarma's wife, Congress chief Mallkarjun Kharge, who is campaigning in Assam, said all agencies are under the central government, which should probe the charges.

"They have already filed an FIR against Khera. Let them probe the matter. We will face the case as it progresses. We have sought probes by the ED or the CBI into the allegations," he added.

On Monday, Sarma had alleged that the Congress used "false information" sourced from a Pakistani social media group to level "baseless" and malicious" allegations against his wife. The BJP leader termed it an attempt to influence the Assam elections and a punishable offence.

The chief minister had said his wife has filed a complaint against Khera. "I am sure the police will register the case and take necessary legal action," he said.

Meanwhile, a neighbour of Khera said that at around 11 am, he received a call from the building's common guard, who sounded flustered and informed him that police had arrived.

"I then called my wife, who told me there was a heavy police presence and that she had drawn the curtains. She also mentioned that the police had knocked on our door, but the guard clarified that ours was a different family's residence, following which they proceeded upstairs," he said.