SIT will submit probe report in Zubeen case by Dec 12: Assam CM
The special investigation team (SIT) was constituted after Garg’s death in Singapore on September 19 and has so far arrested seven individuals, including the singer’s cousin and manager
Assam Police’s special investigation team (SIT) probing alleged irregularities surrounding singer Zubeen Garg’s death will submit a detailed report containing 3,000 to 3,500 documents by December 12, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.
The SIT, headed by special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta, was constituted after Garg’s death in Singapore on September 19 and has so far arrested seven individuals, including the singer’s cousin and manager.
The chief minister on Friday said, “We have spoken to the advocate general regarding the submission. By December 12, it will be done,” he said.
Last month, Sarma had stated that the SIT findings would reveal not only the circumstances of Garg’s death but several other important aspects. On Saturday, Gupta said, “We are close to wrapping up the investigation and will submit the chargesheet before the court soon,” he said.
After Zubeen’s death, Singapore Police had initially indicated that the singer died of drowning. However, Assam Police registered a murder case and arrested seven individuals, including Northeast India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, manager Siddharth Sharma, musicians Amritprabha Mahanta and Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, Zubeen’s cousin Sandipan Garg, and the singer’s PSOs Paresh Baishya and Nandeshwar Bora, between October 1 and 10.
They were produced before a court in Guwahati and remanded to judicial custody, which has since been extended multiple times. Sarma on Friday said the SIT must submit the chargesheet before December 18, failing to do so could enable the arrested persons to get bail.
Gupta said the chargesheet will include two post-mortem reports, one from Singapore and another from Guwahati, as well as a toxicology report shared by Singapore Police and a viscera analysis from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).
Last month, the chief minister described Zubeen’s death as a “well-organised murder”, asserting that the SIT report would “shock the state.”
