Guwahati, April 30 -- Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Congress leader Pawan Khera, referred to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as a "constitutional cowboy" during a hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, April 30.

He also compared him to "Rambo" while responding to criminal allegations in the case.

The remarks were made during the hearing of Khera's anticipatory bail plea in a case involving allegations of multiple passports and undisclosed overseas assets linked to the Chief Minister's wife. The Supreme Court later reserved its order in the matter.

A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.S. Chandurkar considered Khera's petition against the Gauhati High Court ruling that denied him pre-arrest bail. ...