Overview
- Mahanta said he submitted his resignation to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya after learning of an RTI seeking details of government grants to his brother.
- He stated he had earlier told the Chief Minister’s Office he would quit if such a query reached the commission.
- Shyamkanu Mahanta, organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, was arrested among seven in the probe into Zubeen Garg’s September 19 death.
- Assam Police booked him on charges including criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence, with murder added later.
- The former DGP was appointed CIC in March 2023 with a tenure due through March 2026, and the post oversees implementation of the Right to Information Act in the state.