Assam minister accuses EC team of defaming him

March 17, 2016 03:22

Assam Agriculture Minister Rockybul Hussain on Wednesday filed a police complaint against an Election Commission Election Expenditure team for allegedly defaming him by searching his vehicles.

Hussain said that he along with his wife had come to his house in Panjabari area in Guwahati at around 6.30 pm when the EC team, who was waiting there, asked them along with Hussain's security forces in another car to get out of their vehicles toconduct search operations there.

The team did not state the exact reason for conducting the search, the minister said.

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