The Assam Director General of Police Harmeet Singh on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into a case against Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh for his social media comments on India’s internal affairs, Chief Minister Himata Biswa Sarma said.
The team was formed following the registration of an FIR by the CID amid controversy over the alleged ISI links of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s British wife Elizabeth Colburn.
Sheikh, an advisor of the Pakistan Planning Commission and a former colleague of Colburn, was charged under various sections of the BNS and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).