Overview

• Assam CID/SIT made its fifth arrest with DSP Sandipan Garg, who was remanded to seven days of police custody and subsequently suspended from service.
• Investigators say he traveled with Zubeen to Singapore and was present on the yacht on September 19, when Singapore authorities recorded drowning as the cause of death.
• Earlier arrests include organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, manager Siddharth Sharma, bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprabha Mahanta, with parts of the case now carrying murder charges.
• SIT is issuing fresh summons to members of Assam Association Singapore after most failed to appear, with cooperation proceeding under MLAT and Singapore’s autopsy findings shared.
• Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a chargesheet will be filed within three months, with Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax scrutiny expected on reported money flows linked to the festival.