Overview

• Assam CID has consolidated more than 55 FIRs and registered a case naming four individuals under criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team and said the probe will seek records and footage from Singapore.
• The state government barred North East Festival organiser Syamkanu Mahanta and associated entities from holding events in Assam and moved to block public funding, also urging the Centre to do so.
• A second autopsy was conducted at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in the presence of AIIMS doctors after Singapore authorities issued a death certificate citing drowning.
• Public unrest continued with street demonstrations in Sivasagar, student actions including a Tezpur University row over alleged remarks by the vice chancellor, and opposition calls for a CBI probe, while the government prepared an online portal to distribute ashes and announced memorials at Kamarkuchi and Jorhat.