Guwahati, Sept. 24 -- Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday, demanding a CBI probe led by a High Court judge to aid the Assam CID in investigating the sudden demise of Assam's cultural icon Zubeen Garg.

Zubeen Garg passed away in Singapore on September 19 after an alleged drowning incident. His body was flown to Delhi and later transported to Assam on a commercial flight that landed in Guwahati on Sunday morning. Garg was in Singapore for the Northeast India Festival.

In his letter, Saikia described Garg as not just a singer but a "revolutionary voice of resistance against government policies which made him a potential target for elimination".

Saikia also wrote t...