On 5 April 2026, in the midst of 2026 Assembly Elections, Pawan Khera made allegations against Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, including that his wife held multiple passports, foreign properties, and a foreign company listed in the
United States. Kheda alleged Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, held three passports additional to an Indian passport, including the
United Arab Emirates,
Antigua and Barbuda, and
Egypt. She was also accused of owning two properties in
Dubai and having Rs. 52,000 crores worth of assets in a firm registered in the state of
Wyoming. Both Biswa Sarma and Riniki Bhuyan immediately reacted by rejecting these allegations as “malicious, fabricated and politically motivated”. This was followed by Himanta's wife getting an FIR registered against Pawan Khera at Crime Branch of
Panbazar Police Station in
Guwahati. Khera initially approached the
Telangana High Court, which on April 10 2026 granted him one week's transit anticipatory bail to enable him to seek regular relief before the competent court in Assam. On April 15, the
Supreme Court of India stayed the operation of the transit anticipatory bail. Following this, Khera moved the
Gauhati High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The High Court rejected the plea, holding that custodial interrogation was necessary to ascertain the source of the documents relied upon by Khera. Later The Supreme Court granted
anticipatory bail to Khera. ==Personal Life==