Overview
- Assam Police, working with Delhi Police on Tuesday, searched Pawan Khera’s Nizamuddin home after an FIR by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, and said they seized electronic devices under a forgery case registered at the Guwahati Crime Branch.
- Pawan Khera had alleged that Riniki Bhuyan Sarma holds three foreign passports and undisclosed overseas assets, sharing images he said showed Dubai properties and a US company not listed in the chief minister’s affidavit.
- Riniki Bhuyan Sarma and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rejected the claims as doctored or AI‑generated, with Riniki filing the complaint and the chief minister saying foreign authorities told India the documents were not genuine.
- Congress leaders called the search a witch hunt and accused misuse of state machinery, while the BJP said police were doing their job and argued Khera should face consequences for false allegations.
- The confrontation comes two days before the April 9 Assam assembly election and unfolds as other institution‑led probes advance nationwide, including a Supreme Court‑ordered preliminary CBI inquiry in Arunachal Pradesh and an ED assets probe announced in Maharashtra.