Overview

• The CID-led SIT has summoned eight members of the Assam Association in Singapore who were linked to the yacht outing, with the chief minister saying noncompliance will trigger tougher legal steps.
• Four people are in custody, including organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma, with murder charges added as a judicial commission under Justice Soumitra Saikia oversees the investigation.
• Assam’s chief minister said the second autopsy report will not be released publicly to preserve its legal value, and Zubeen Garg’s wife returned copies to investigators, saying the document is not her personal property.
• Viscera samples are at CFSL Delhi and results expected around Oct 10 are seen as pivotal to verify or rule out poisoning, with the co-accused’s poisoning claim uncorroborated and challenged by others.
• SIT questioned actor Vaishali Medhi and singer Meghna Borpuzari, while legal experts criticised the inclusion of unverified allegations from an accused in arrest documents submitted to the court.