Overview

• Assam CID and SIT have received the CFSL Delhi viscera analysis and say it has given the case a definite direction, with the GMCH expert committee’s findings to be submitted to court and not released publicly.
• Four Singapore-based Assamese expatriates appeared before investigators on Tuesday, bringing to five the number of eleven summoned witnesses who have recorded statements, with more expected in the next two days.
• The SIT has retrieved deleted videos of the singer’s final moments from co-singer Amritprabha Mahanta’s phone, with officials saying the clips were erased on the instruction of manager Siddharth Sharma, and it has sealed a factory linked to him.
• A Mutual Legal Assistance request sent on September 30 is awaiting approval as Assam prepares a team visit to Singapore to inspect the site and seek CCTV and statements, while Singapore conducts its own inquiry with information shared by Assam Police.
• Seven people have been arrested so far, selected civil-society members will be briefed on the forensic reports, and the SIT says it will file its report within the statutory timeline; Singapore’s death certificate lists drowning as the cause of death.