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Congress person Pawan Khera connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) appeared earlier the Assam Police’s Crime Branch successful Guwahati for questioning successful transportation with a lawsuit filed against him by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the woman of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Mr. Khera had claimed earlier the April 9 Assembly elections that Ms. Sharma held aggregate passports and possessed important assets abroad. She rejected the allegations and responded with a transgression case, accusing him of defamation, forgery, and transgression conspiracy.
“Mr. Khera arrived with his ineligible squad and is participating successful the questioning process. Officials are examining the ground of the allegations and the supporting worldly presented by him,” Congress’ ineligible typical Reetam Singh said.
He stated that Mr. Khera was not expected to beryllium arrested arsenic the Supreme Court had granted him anticipatory bail connected April 30.
Senior Congress person Ripun Bora, who visited the Crime Branch office, said Mr. Khera would permission for Delhi aft the questioning concludes. “It has go a lawsuit of vendetta for the Assam Chief Minister,” Mr. Bora said.
CM seeks accelerated closure
Earlier, the Chief Minister said the authorities wanted the lawsuit to beryllium closed arsenic soon arsenic possible.
“We received written letters from the countries (which, Mr. Khera claimed, provided Ms. Sharma with passports), confirming that those documents were fake. We volition effort to record the chargesheet wrong the stipulated clip aft the Crime Branch is done with the questioning,” helium said.
“If helium cooperates, the submission of the chargesheet volition beryllium quick. If helium doesn’t, it whitethorn instrumentality time. But we privation to reason the lawsuit fast,” Mr. Sarma said.
The Telangana High Court granted interim transit bail to Mr. Khera connected April 10, 3 days aft helium held property conferences successful Delhi and Guwahati, raising questions against Ms. Sharma’s alleged wealth laundering.
On April 17, the Supreme Court asked him to attack the due tribunal successful Assam. The Gauhati High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail petition connected April 24, six days earlier the apex tribunal granted him anticipatory bail.
