Airport arrest row: Pawan Khera has tendered unconditional apology, claims Assam CM Himanta Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday tweeted that Congress leader Pawan Khera has tendered an unconditional apology, a day after Khera was deplaned.

“The accused (Congress leader Pawan Khera) has tendered an unconditional apology. We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter,” tweets Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The majesty of law shall always prevail. The accused has tendered an unconditional apology (Para 7)

We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter. @assampolice will follow the matter to its logical end. pic.twitter.com/kaAnuMS2W0

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 24, 2023

The Congress on Thursday claimed its senior leader Pawan Khera was deplaned from a flight to Raipur, where he was going to attend the party’s plenary session. The party also claimed Khera was arrested by Assam Police.

Sources told India Today that Khera was stopped from flying to Raipur following an order by the Assam Police. Airport Police and Assam Police officials were present at the spot to arrest the Congress leader.

Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan, IGP L&O & Spox of Assam Police, said Khera has been booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and inciting communal disharmony over his remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“A case has been registered against Congress leader Pawan Khera at Haflong police station in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. A team of Assam Police left for Delhi to take remand of Pawan Khera in connection with the case,” Bhuyan told news agency ANI.