New Delhi: The Congress has written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging that the CBI assist Assam’s CID in investigating the death of popular singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg, whose passing plunged the state into deep mourning.

In a letter to the President, the Leader of Opposition in the Assam assembly, Debabrata Saikia, claimed there was “substantial evidence” to suggest that Garg may have been murdered for opposing certain policies of the Himanta Biswa Sarma government.

Saikia pointed out that Garg had not only opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but had also consistently spoken out against environmental destruction and criticised the state government for what he described as its “patronising of anti-Assamese elements”. Show Full Article

Separately, Assam Congress spokes

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