Assam entrepreneur and cultural activist Shyamkanu Mahanta, who has come under the scanner following the death of iconic singer Zubeen Garg, has approached the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution, seeking protection of his fundamental rights.

Shyamkanu Mahanta filed a petition in the Supreme Court on September 30 while he was in Singapore.

The petition, intended as a preemptive legal step ahead of his return to India, has not yet gained significant momentum

In his writ petition, Mahanta described himself as a victim of a “well-calculated witch-hunt,” alleging that certain sections of the media have been running “irresponsible and false narratives” linking him to Zubeen’s death. He claimed that he has been subjected to a “media trial” and “large-scale public hatred,” witho

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