Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 15 (HBTV): The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Guwahati on Wednesday sent five accused — Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Sandipan Garg, Nandeswar Bora, and Paresh Baishya — to judicial custody in connection with the death case of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg.
The police remand of the other two accused, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta, will end on October 17. All seven were arrested following Garg’s death on September 19, 2025.
Earlier in the day, the Assam Police produced five of the seven accused before the court. Speaking to ANI, SIT chief and Special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta said, ‘We had arrested seven people, and the police custody of five persons has been completed, so we are producing them before the court today. The custody of the remaining two will be over the day after tomorrow.’
He added that two witnesses were already present at the CID office and their statements were being recorded. ‘One more is likely to come today. That takes the total to 10 people who have appeared before the CID. Yesterday, we received a communication requesting that we provide the names of officers who will be visiting Singapore for an investigation, which is a standard process. We are waiting for their response,’ he said.
Gupta further stated, ‘We are not seeking further remand; if future remand is required on new facts, we will ask for it.’
Earlier, the Special DGP confirmed that three NRIs had arrived from Singapore and recorded their statements before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with Garg’s death. He also said that the SIT would soon submit the post-mortem report to the court.
Zubeen Garg passed away in Singapore on September 19, allegedly while swimming, a day before he was scheduled to perform at the Northeast India Festival. However, recently, Garg’s bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami alleged that the singer had been poisoned in Singapore, leading to his death.
(ANI)