India, April 7 -- Assam Police visited Congress leader Pawan Khera's residence in Delhi on Tuesday, a day after FIR was filed against him by state chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan over allegations of passport fraud he levelled against her.

Local police was assisting Assam cops at the residence in Nizamuddin area, HT learnt.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Khera has "run away to Hyderabad".

"He ran away from Guwahati yesterday. I have come to know through the media that the police have gone to his residence in Delhi, but he has run away to Hyderabad. The law will take its own course," Sarma said, responding to a question at a public rally on Tuesday.

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