Overview

• Singapore Police provided the Indian High Commission a copy of the autopsy and preliminary findings, citing drowning and saying no foul play.
• Assam CID arrested bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and singer Amritprava Mahanta, and a Guwahati court sent both to 14 days’ police custody.
• Earlier arrests of manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta now include the murder provision under Section 103 of the BNS, alongside conspiracy, culpable homicide and negligence sections.
• Media reports citing SIT sources say evidence under review includes videos showing a bandmate swimming close to Garg while a co-singer recorded the incident, and notices have gone to witnesses linked to the yacht outing and host groups in Singapore.
• India has invoked the MLAT and readied an SIT visit to Singapore pending approvals, CFSL Delhi is testing viscera from a second autopsy, and organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta has petitioned the Supreme Court to transfer the probe to a central agency.