Guwahati: EC officials conduct raid at Rockybul Hussain's residence

Guwahati: Election Commission officials yesterday conducted a raid on the Panjabari residence of Assam's Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain.

During the raid, they also searched his car, his residence and adjoining buildings belonging to his relatives.

Hussain described the raid as a political conspiracy to defame the Congress ahead of the state assembly polls next month."I will be complaining to the Election Commission about this, will give more details later," Hussain told ANI.

There is no official confirmation about the search or the people involved in it, but reports suggest that revenue intelligence, income tax personnel and security personnel were involved.

The findings of the search operations have not yet been revealed by the authorities.