Overview

• Assam CID arrested bandmate Shekharjyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta on October 2 and a Guwahati court sent them to 14 days’ police custody.
• Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma were arrested earlier and the FIR now includes Section 103 of the BNS for murder, with both in 14-day custody.
• The Singapore Police Force handed the autopsy report and preliminary findings to the Indian High Commission; the death certificate cites drowning.
• The Gauhati High Court approved a judicial commission headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia to examine the circumstances of the singer’s death.
• The Assam SIT is awaiting the CFL viscera report and formal MLAT clearance to travel to Singapore, as Mahanta petitions the Supreme Court to shift the probe to the CBI or NIA.