GUWAHATI, Feb. 8 -- Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, who is also an MP from the state, was trained by Pakistani authorities during his visit to the neighbouring country in 2013 prior to him becoming a Lok Sabha member a year later.

Accusing both Gogoi and his British wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi, who used to be employed by a climate action group in Pakistan and later shifted to India, of being "national threats" having some "deeper connections" with the neighbouring country, Sarma urged the union ministry of home affairs (MHA) to conduct an appropriate probe.

The disclosure comes a year after the CM alleged about Gogoi's and his wife's Pakistan links, six months after...