Overview

• CID registered a consolidated case based on over 55 FIRs alleging conspiracy and negligence against four individuals linked to the Singapore outing.
• Viscera from a second autopsy at GMCH will be examined at the Central Forensic Laboratory in New Delhi; Singapore issued a death certificate citing drowning as the cause.
• The state barred North East Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta from hosting events in Assam and said it would withhold government support and urge the Centre to do likewise.
• Protests by fans and student groups continued, a PIL sought transfer of the case to the CBI with court monitoring, and opposition leaders pressed for a central probe.
• Assam Police said the SIT, headed by M. P. Gupta, has been constituted and reconstituted for availability of members, as coordination with Singapore proceeds with local community assistance.