Overview

• Assam has barred Shyamkanu Mahanta and any linked organisations from hosting functions or festivals anywhere in the state.
• The state will provide no grants, advertisements, or sponsorship to events connected to him and will request the Union government to withhold support.
• The CID has been directed to investigate multiple FIRs filed in Assam that name Mahanta and Zubeen Garg’s manager, Siddharth Sharma.
• Public anger has centred on the organiser and the manager, with police noting that Sharma has not yet returned to Assam.
• Mahanta has publicly denied wrongdoing, saying Garg agreed to the Singapore trip and arrangements were made with his team, as the singer was cremated with full state honours on Tuesday.