India, Feb. 16 -- The Assam Cabinet on Sunday directed the state police to register a case against a Pakistani national who allegedly had links with Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's wife, Elizabeth, a British national, and see whether that association had any implications on the nation's security and sovereignty.

The move comes days after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma targeted Gogoi, the son of former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, on social media platforms insinuating that the Congress leader's wife and her work with the Pakistan national's organisation had led him (Gaurav Gogoi) to raise questions about India's nuclear program and defence issues in parliament.

"The Assam Cabinet notes its concern regarding the explicit involvement o...