Overview
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Union Home Minister Amit Shah granted sanction under BNSS Section 208 to proceed against those linked to Garg’s death.
- The SIT probing the case has arrested seven people, including NEIF organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, and all are in judicial custody.
- Authorities stated they plan to submit the chargesheet by December 10, moving the case toward trial in Indian courts.
- Statewide tributes included a bust unveiled at Garg’s Kahilipara residence in the presence of his family after midnight vigils and musical remembrances.
- The Bodoland Territorial Council laid the foundation for a Zubeen Garg Park in Kokrajhar and hosted a 25,600-strong performance of Mayabini confirmed by the India Book of Records, as parties and civic groups ran blood drives, sapling plantations and an AASU protest calling for a transparent, speedy probe.