North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta has moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of the probe into the death of singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore to the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation Agency, Bar and Bench reported on Friday.

Mahanta, in his petition, also sought protection from arrest after more than 50 cases were filed against him in connection with Garg’s death in the country. He had been arrested in the matter on Wednesday.

The petition claimed that the festival organiser was falsely implicated in the case, Bar and Bench reported. It added that the criminal process was being misused to turn public outrage into a witch-hunt.

Garg, a popular Assamese singer, died on September 19 during a yacht trip, a day before he was sched

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