India, Oct. 3 -- Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the North East India Festival and a key accused in singer Zubeen Garg's death case, has approached the Supreme Court seeking a transfer of the investigation.

In the petition, filed on September 30, Mahanta has urged the top court to hand over the probe from the Assam Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) to a central agency such as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Mahanta has also requested that a retired Supreme Court judge be appointed to monitor the case proceedings.

Additionally, the petition seeks the transfer of the FIR registered in Assam to another state, citing concerns over impartiality.

While Mahanta had also sought ...