Overview

• ED and Income Tax officials have met CID leaders in Guwahati, with a formal decision on joining the probe expected soon, according to sources.
• The financial inquiry focuses on alleged organised crimes and benami asset acquisition linked to event manager Shyamkanu Mahanta, who is also an accused in the Garg death case.
• CID raids on September 25–26 recovered multiple PAN cards for the same firm, nearly 30 stamp seals tied to companies and government offices, and documents on alleged benami properties.
• Investigators have flagged irregularities from Mahanta’s NEDFi tenure, including an over Rs 14 crore loan to DSS E-Connect later declared an NPA and an internal inquiry that was never completed.
• A nine-member SIT led by Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta continues the death investigation with more than 60 FIRs filed and four arrests sent to 14 days of police remand.