The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Assam government to examine alleged links between Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi and Pakistan submitted its report to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday.
In a statement on X, Sarma said the probe uncovered “startling facts,” pointing to a larger conspiracy against India’s sovereignty. He claimed the investigation identified the role of a British national “married to an Indian Member of Parliament” in activities linked to Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh. Sarma further alleged that Pakistan’s interior ministry facilitated the visit of an MP from Assam to the country.
On 17th February, 2025 the Assam Cabinet constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the anti-India activities of one Pakistani national, Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, and his associates.
During the course of this exhaustive investigation, the SIT has unearthed… pic.twitter.com/dWJ0MAEXzj
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 10, 2025
The chief minister said the findings would be studied in detail and presented before the state cabinet, after which they would be made public.
The SIT, formed on February 17, comprises senior police officers Munna Prasad Gupta, Rosie Kalita, Pranabjyoti Goswami, and Maitrayee Deka. It was tasked with investigating Sheikh’s activities and his alleged network in Assam.
Gogoi, who heads the Assam Congress, has consistently denied the charges, calling them politically motivated. “This issue is nothing but an attempt to malign me. It’s like a C-grade movie that will flop once the SIT report is out,” he said earlier.
The MP acknowledged visiting Pakistan in 2013, when his wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi was working there on a climate change project, but rejected claims of any connection with Pakistani authorities.
The allegations have escalated political tensions in Assam, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accusing Gogoi of compromising national interests, while the Congress has dismissed the case as a smear campaign ahead of elections.
