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Assam Expands Zubeen Garg Death Probe as Family Files Complaint and State Seeks Singapore MLAT

Officials signal a court-bound investigation, featuring MLAT outreach to Singapore alongside a separate financial inquiry.

Overview

  • Zubeen Garg’s wife, sister and uncle filed a complaint with Assam CID naming organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma and seeking questioning of everyone present in Singapore; the SIT visited the family home to record statements.
  • The Assam chief minister said a request has been sent to the Home Ministry to invoke the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Singapore, and the DGP noted a team is in Delhi with officers set to travel to Singapore for evidence cooperation.
  • CID opened a separate FIR into alleged financial irregularities tied to Mahanta after raids seized multiple PAN cards, forged seals and documents; his bank accounts are frozen and he has been told to appear by October 6.
  • Actor Nishita Goswami and musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami appeared before CID for questioning, and fresh summons have been issued to others connected to the Singapore trip.
  • The Singapore death certificate lists drowning as the cause, viscera samples are with CFSL Delhi, look-out notices are active for Mahanta and Sharma, and the DGP said the SIT’s findings will be submitted to court.