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Assam Escalates Zubeen Garg Probe With Murder Charge, Four Arrests and Judge-Led Inquiry

Singapore has shared its autopsy findings through the MLAT process, with Indian viscera results still awaited.

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Several arrests have been made in Zubeen Garg's death probe
Garima Saikia Garg, wife of late singer Zubeen Garg, with family members and relatives during 'Adya Shraddha', the first funeral rituals, in Guwahati.
Singer Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea.

Overview

  • Assam CID’s SIT has in custody organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, manager Siddharth Sharma, bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta, all remanded for interrogation.
  • The state has added Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to parts of the case, marking a shift to a formal murder investigation.
  • A one-member judicial commission headed by Gauhati High Court Justice Soumitra Saikia has been constituted to examine the circumstances of the death.
  • The Singapore Police Force handed the autopsy report and preliminary findings to the Indian High Commission and the family, while India’s second post-mortem awaits viscera analysis in Delhi.
  • Mahanta has petitioned the Supreme Court to transfer the probe to the CBI or NIA as the SIT readies a team to travel to Singapore under MLAT, alongside parallel financial scrutiny of the organiser by enforcement agencies.