The Assam Police will “hunt down Pawan Khera from pataal” (netherworld), said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after the Congress leader was not found at his Delhi residence earlier today. An Assam Police team had reached the Delhi residence of Congress leader for questioning in connection with a case linked to allegations made against Sarma and his family.
“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),” asserted Sarma, according to PTI.
Earlier in the day, the Assam Chief Minister had slammed the Congress for “not verifying” the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family.
Himanta Sarma vs Pawan Khera battle escalates
Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister’s election affidavit.
“If they didn’t know the truth, why did they put it out in public? They should have asked the foreign minister first,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign, when asked for his reaction to Kharge’s assertion that the Union government should probe the allegations now.
Kharge, at a presser in Guwahati on Tuesday, 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 CBI into the allegations,” he said.
Sarma added: “Kharge is ageing and is speaking like a ‘pagal’ (madman). You insult the people first and then say will ask the foreign minister (for verification)? Is he your ‘damad’ (son-in-law),” the chief minister said.
“I think Rahul Gandhi had given these documents to Khera, and if that is so, the case will then include Gandhi,” he added. |
