India, Feb. 9 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday accused that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, his British wife Elizabeth Colburn and Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh had a "deeper connection" and that information from the Intelligence Bureau was secretly passed on to the neighbouring nation.

Addressing a press conference here ahead of the Assembly polls, Sarma also said that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) rules were violated when Colburn was paid a salary by Sheikh while she was working in India.

Conducting a two-and-a-half-hour-long press conference, displaying the finding of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the CM also alleged that Gogoi undertook a "very confidential" visit to Pakistan in 2013 a...