GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta resigned from his post on Thursday after his brother Shyamkanu Mahanta was arrested in connection with the death of music icon Zubeen Garg in Singapore. His resignation reportedly came following the advice of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The decision came amid controversy after several RTI applications were filed concerning Mahanta’s brother, Shyamkanu Mahanta, who was arrested along with six others in connection with the mysterious death of music icon Zubeen Garg . Garg drowned while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19, where he had travelled to perform at the 4th North East India Festival organized by Shyamkanu.

In his resignation letter, Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta, a former IPS officer and form

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