The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the death of Assamese Singer Zubeen Garg on Friday filed its charge sheet in the case at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Guwahati.
The 3,500-page charge sheet was submitted by SIT member Rosy Kalita in the presence of senior officials.
In its charge sheet, the SIT has charged four people, including the organiser of the festival in Singapore, Shyamkanu Mahanta, with murder.
Siddhartha Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, and Amritprava Mahanta are the three other associates of the late Singer who have been charged with the murder.
Garg’s cousin and suspended police officer Sandipan Garg have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the SIT charge sheet.
The charge sheet in Zubeen Garg’s death case has named a total of seven suspects. While four of them have been charged with murder, others face charges of abetment, culpable homicide, and breach of trust.
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Garg died under mysterious circumstances on September 19 this year in Singapore. He had gone there to attend the North East India Festival.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that it is a clear-cut murder with a shocking motive. The CM formed an SIT under Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta to thoroughly investigate the case.
The SIT questioned over 300 witnesses, conducted post-mortems, and analysed evidence from Singapore before filing a 3,500-page charge sheet.
The charge sheet contains forensic findings, witness statements, digital records, and other critical material related to the investigation into the Singer’s death.
Reacting to the development, Assam CM Sarma said, “The SIT team submitted the charge sheet before the CJM court in Guwahati…We will respect the verdict of the court.”