Guwahati, Oct. 4 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed the Congress and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi for demanding the transfer of the probe into renowned singer Zubeen Garg's death from the Assam Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

As Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the Northeast India Festival and an accused in the case, approached the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of the investigation, sharing an X post on Friday, the Assam CM took a jibe at the Congress and Raijor Dal for "speaking in the same voice" as the accused.

He wrote, "Of late, Shyamkanu Mahanta, Assam Congress and Akhil Gogoi are all making the same demand - that they don't trust Assam Police and a central...