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Assam Seeks Singapore MLAT as Zubeen Garg Probe Intensifies

Oct 6 summons follow a family complaint that named the festival organiser along with the singer’s manager.

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Assam CM Seeks Singapore Cooperation In Zubeen Garg Death Case, Urges Centre To Invoke Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty | Image: ANI

Overview

  • Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam has asked the Centre to invoke the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Singapore to access case materials and coordinate with authorities there.
  • Assam DGP Harmeet Singh said the SIT is nearing a legally defensible conclusion and will submit findings to court, with details withheld publicly to protect the case.
  • The CID registered Case No. 18/2025 and issued notices to 10 persons as investigators summoned organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma to appear by October 6 under lookout notices.
  • Zubeen Garg’s wife, sister and uncle filed a complaint with the CID naming Mahanta and Sharma; the SIT visited the singer’s Guwahati home to record family statements as associates were questioned again.
  • Raids on the organiser and associates seized digital devices and documents, a second autopsy was conducted in Assam with viscera sent to CFSL Delhi, and a separate CID probe is examining alleged financial irregularities linked to the organiser.