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Zubeen Garg Probe Intensifies as Assam Police Add Murder Charge and Arrest Two More After Singapore Shares Autopsy

Cross-border evidence sharing plus pending lab tests now shape the next steps in the case.

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Singer Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea.
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Overview

  • The Singapore Police Force provided the autopsy report and preliminary findings to the Indian High Commission, with the death certificate citing drowning as investigations continue.
  • Assam CID added Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to the FIR and now has four people in custody, including manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta.
  • Musicians Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta were arrested after interrogation, with investigators pointing to video footage and seized phones from the yacht outing.
  • Viscera from a second post-mortem in Guwahati has been sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in New Delhi, and the report is awaited to complete the local autopsy findings.
  • India has initiated MLAT cooperation with Singapore, the SIT plans to travel once approvals are processed, and a separate financial inquiry into the organiser is underway alongside wider questioning.