Overview
- Himanta Biswa Sarma told the Assam Assembly the singer’s September death in Singapore was not accidental, calling it a plain case of murder and stating one person killed him with others assisting.
- Seven people are in judicial custody under BNS provisions including Section 103 for murder, with those named in reports including organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, manager Siddharth Sharma, bandmates Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta, cousin Sandipan Garg, and two security personnel.
- The CID-led SIT says it has taken 252 witness statements, seized 29 items, and obtained videos from non-resident Indians, with autopsy and viscera findings combined with inputs from Singapore and India received in early November.
- Assam added Section 103 within days of the incident, the Union Home Ministry has granted sanction required for offences abroad, and the government aims to file a chargesheet around December 8–10.
- A one-member commission headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia has extended evidence collection to December 12, as investigators coordinate with Singapore under MLAT with documents transferred through diplomatic channels.