Gaurav likely to be quizzed over ‘Pak links'
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Guwahati: Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha and the recently appointed state president of the party, Gaurav Gogoi, is likely to be summoned soon for interrogation in connection with the case over his alleged links with Pakistan, a highy placed source in the police said.
The source added that a letter would be written to the Lok Sabha Speaker, seeking permission to interrogate Gogoi, if required.
Gogoi's party colleague, senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora, was interrogated by the SIT of the Assam police for about four hours on Thursday in connection with the case. He was questioned by the SIT regarding his statement during a press conference on Sunday, where he 'defended' Gaurav over the Pakistan link allegation against him.
Saying that he is waiting to join the interrogation by the SIT, Gogoi told the media, "SIT has to collect all the evidence in the case on their own. Instead of that, they have sought info from Ripun Bora. What did they do in the name of investigation if Bora has to give the info to them?" He added that the people of the state have already understood the politics hatched in the name of allegations and the investigation.
"We have been talking about the ongoing syndicate of coal, sand, and betel nut and the scams by the CM and a few of his close ministers, and we will take the issues to the people," he added.
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Gogoi was appointed as the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday. He succeeded Bhupen Kumar Borah. On Sunday, Bora, in a press conference, claimed that Sarma was trying to portray Gogoi as an ISI agent only because the BJP leader knows that the present govt will decisively lose the assembly elections next year if Gaurav is made the CM candidate of the opposition party. "Gaurav's wife might have visited Pakistan or got a salary for her work from Pakistan, what's the problem in that? Likewise, many Pakistani people are working in India legally," he said.
Following this, CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma
claimed that Bora made a "startling confession" that his party MP Gogoi's wife was on the "payroll of the Pakistan govt".
Earlier, Sarma had alleged that Gaurav visited Pakistan on the invitation of ISI, underwent training there, and worked closely with the establishment of the neighbouring nation.
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