Overview
- Himanta Biswa Sarma advanced the SIT timeline from December 17 to December 8 and asserted the case is a murder.
- He said he met Union home minister Amit Shah to expedite required MHA approval, with the SIT to seek clearance within three to four days.
- Singapore Police earlier said preliminary checks indicated no foul play, and the coroner-led process there remains underway.
- Assam officials say Singapore has transmitted the final post-mortem and toxicology reports to the state via the MLAT route.
- Seven people are in judicial custody under BNS sections including murder, criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and negligence, as a one-man judicial commission led by Justice Soumitra Saikia opened its inquiry.