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Singapore Sends Autopsy Citing Drowning as Assam CID Adds Murder Charge and Arrests Reach Four

Cross-border evidence sharing proceeds under MLAT with Delhi lab results pending.

Overview

  • Singapore Police shared the autopsy and preliminary findings with the Indian High Commission, listing drowning as the cause of death and indicating no foul play.
  • Assam’s Special Investigation Team arrested musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and singer Amritprabha Mahanta, after earlier detaining organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma.
  • Investigators added Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the murder provision, to the FIR as interrogation of the accused continues under court-ordered custody.
  • Viscera from a second post-mortem in Guwahati was sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in New Delhi, and authorities are awaiting the toxicology report.
  • India has invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Singapore, and the SIT says a team will travel to collect evidence once formalities are completed.