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Singapore Hands Zubeen Garg Autopsy Report to India as Assam Police Make Two More Arrests

Investigators prepare an MLAT-facilitated trip to Singapore after adding a murder charge to the case.

Several arrests have been made in Zubeen Garg's death probe
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Day after arrest, Assam court sends 2 band members to 14-day police remand in Zubeen Garg death case
Singer Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea.

Overview

  • Bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta were arrested after questioning and sent to 14 days’ police custody.
  • Earlier arrests of organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma now carry Section 103 of the BNS for murder, with both remanded for two weeks.
  • The Singapore Police Force provided the autopsy report and preliminary findings to the Indian High Commission, with the death certificate listing drowning.
  • Assam’s SIT awaits CFSL Delhi viscera results from a second post-mortem and has a team ready to travel to Singapore under MLAT, with notices issued to witnesses including diaspora hosts.
  • Parallel developments include the organiser’s Supreme Court plea to shift the probe to a central agency, an announced judicial commission led by Justice Soumitra Saikia, and a separate financial investigation into the organiser.