Overview
- Questioned in Guwahati over two straight days — roughly 12 hours on Wednesday and about eight on Thursday — Pawan Khera was told to return to the Crime Branch on May 25.
- The probe stems from Khera’s April press events where he alleged Riniki Bhuyan Sharma held multiple passports and undisclosed foreign assets, allegations she has rejected.
- Assam Police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for false statements in an election, cheating, forgery of public records and valuable securities, using forged documents, intentional insult, and defamation.
- Khera holds Supreme Court–granted anticipatory bail that requires him to cooperate, and his legal team says he has submitted the materials he cited to support his claims.
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says the Union government has informed the state in writing that the documents shown by Khera are fake, while Congress leaders call the case politically driven.