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.

A major political controversy broke out between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after former's bombshell press conferences on Sunday, in which allegations against Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife were raised.

Congress held two press conferences in Delhi and Guwahati, where the party's media department head, Pawan Khera, and Assam unit chief, Gaurav Gogoi, alleg...