After Himanta’s wife files FIR, Assam police arrive in Delhi to question Pawan Khera

Assam Police investigate Congress leader Pawan Khera in Delhi amid allegations of misinformation linked to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) declared that the Assam Police will catch Congress leader Pawan Khera, even from the “paatal (the netherworld)”, to find out who gave him allegedly forged documents that maligned Mr. Sarma’s family.

At a press conference on Sunday (April 5, 2026), Mr. Khera had claimed that Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, an entrepreneur and wife of the Assam CM, held three foreign passports, undeclared luxury properties in Dubai, and shell companies in the United States.

After Ms. Sharma filed a first information report (FIR) against Mr. Khera at the Assam police crime branch in Guwahati, an Assam police team landed at the Congress leader’s New Delhi residence to question him, but found that he was not at home. Reports indicate that Mr. Khera is in Congress-ruled Telangana, where the Assam police team will need the local police’s permission to carry out an investigation.

“Assam Police ko nahi jante hain... Pataal se bhi ukhar ke le ayega (They don’t know the Assam Police... they will hunt him down even from the netherworld),” Mr. Sarma told reporters in Sivasagar.

Both the CM and his wife dismissed Mr. Khera’s claims as “fabricated” and threatened to sue the Congress leader within 48 hours, with Mr. Sarma claiming that the allegations were made with the malafide intention of vitiating the electoral atmosphere.

Asked about Mr. Khera’s allegations at a press conference in Guwahati, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “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 [Enforcement Directorate] ED or the [Central Bureau of Investigation] CBI into the allegations.”