GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: The Hemant Soren govt snooped on disgruntled JMM veteran and ex-CM Champai Soren for five months and may have even conspired to honeytrap him, Assam CM and BJP's Jharkhand co-incharge Himanta Sarma alleged Wednesday after two Special Branch SIs suspected of tracking the 67-year-old tribal politician were briefly detained in Delhi.
The SI duo, found staying in the hotel Champai checked into this week, was allowed to leave for Ranchi after being interrogated, Delhi Police said.
Officials said the cops were detained after Champai's secretary Guru Prasad Mahato filed a complaint with Chanakyapuri PS, alleging that two people in the hotel had been spotted "spying" on the ex-CM. He said they posed a risk to his safety.
In Guwahati, Sarma said a woman was seen with the two cops in the same hotel, suggesting she was part of the alleged honeytrap conspiracy. He alleged that Champai, on the verge of resigning from the JMM-led govt ahead of his scheduled move to BJP on Friday, might have been a victim of phone-tapping, too.
"This is among the rarest of cases in Indian politics, when an ex-CM and minister is kept under surveillance for five months," Sarma said.
The Jharkhand cops, who allegedly masqueraded as scribes, had been assigned the task of tracking Champai by Special Branch IG Prabhat Kumar, the Assam CM said.
In a post on X, he wrote, "You will be surprised to hear that the people of JMM-Cong talk about saving the Constitution...On 30th, I will be going to Jharkhand and there we will meet the governor and brief him on this. This is a direct invasion of the right to privacy of an individual by Congress & JMM."
The CM accused Jharkhand govt of deputing Special Branch officers to snoop on Champai during both his recent trips to New Delhi. "Yesterday evening, these two officers were caught by Champai's supporters in a hotel while they were taking photographs. They then handed the duo over to Delhi Police."
Sarma recalled that when he was close to quitting Congress, there was speculation about the then Tarun Gogoi govt in Assam putting him under surveillance. "I had already resigned from the ministry then. In this case, Champai is still a member of the JMM cabinet," he said.
Champai met home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. Sarma announced through a post on X that the ex-Jharkhand CM, who admittedly felt "insulted" at being forced to make way for Hemant after the latter's release from jail in the land scam case, would join BJP this Friday.
The SI duo, found staying in the hotel Champai checked into this week, was allowed to leave for Ranchi after being interrogated, Delhi Police said.
Officials said the cops were detained after Champai's secretary Guru Prasad Mahato filed a complaint with Chanakyapuri PS, alleging that two people in the hotel had been spotted "spying" on the ex-CM. He said they posed a risk to his safety.
In Guwahati, Sarma said a woman was seen with the two cops in the same hotel, suggesting she was part of the alleged honeytrap conspiracy. He alleged that Champai, on the verge of resigning from the JMM-led govt ahead of his scheduled move to BJP on Friday, might have been a victim of phone-tapping, too.
"This is among the rarest of cases in Indian politics, when an ex-CM and minister is kept under surveillance for five months," Sarma said.
The Jharkhand cops, who allegedly masqueraded as scribes, had been assigned the task of tracking Champai by Special Branch IG Prabhat Kumar, the Assam CM said.
In a post on X, he wrote, "You will be surprised to hear that the people of JMM-Cong talk about saving the Constitution...On 30th, I will be going to Jharkhand and there we will meet the governor and brief him on this. This is a direct invasion of the right to privacy of an individual by Congress & JMM."
The CM accused Jharkhand govt of deputing Special Branch officers to snoop on Champai during both his recent trips to New Delhi. "Yesterday evening, these two officers were caught by Champai's supporters in a hotel while they were taking photographs. They then handed the duo over to Delhi Police."
Sarma recalled that when he was close to quitting Congress, there was speculation about the then Tarun Gogoi govt in Assam putting him under surveillance. "I had already resigned from the ministry then. In this case, Champai is still a member of the JMM cabinet," he said.
Champai met home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Monday. Sarma announced through a post on X that the ex-Jharkhand CM, who admittedly felt "insulted" at being forced to make way for Hemant after the latter's release from jail in the land scam case, would join BJP this Friday.
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