Assam CM's wife passport row: Gauhati HC denies anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera

The CM’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, had filed the case on April 6 against the Congress leader and all other persons who acted in connivance with him.

Assam: Gauhati High Court ron Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Pawan Khera in connection with a defamation complaint filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan.

Riniki lodged an FIR seeking legal action against Khera for making allegations that she possesses passports of three countries and owns a company in the US, which had invested Rs. 50,000 crores.

Khera moved the HC after the the Supreme Court recently paused a transit anticipatory bail granted by the Telangana High Court.

The single bench of Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia rejected Khera's anticipatory bail application filed on Monday. The court heard the petition on Tuesday and reserved its order.

The high court listed the delivery of the order on its cause list for Friday.