US EditionZubeen Garg Death: 4 Charged with Murder; Singer's Cousin Accused of Culpable Homicide
The Assam Police SIT charged four individuals with murder and others with related offences after examining over 300 witnesses and compiling a 3,500-page charge sheet.
- On Friday, the Special Investigation Team of Assam Police submitted a charge sheet to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Kamrup , Guwahati, SIT Chief Munna Prasad Gupta said.
- After Garg's death in Singapore on September 19, the Assam Government constituted an SIT led by Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta to investigate the drowning of Zubeen Garg, renowned Assamese singer.
- The SIT presented voluminous evidence, with the main chargesheet around 2,500 pages and combined bank records, digital evidence and forensic reports totaling approximately 12,000 pages, including an over 3,500-page packet transported in four trunks.
- The chargesheet accuses four of the seven arrested of murder—Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharatha Sharma, Shekharjyoti Goswami, Amritprava Mahanta—while Sandipan Garg faces culpable homicide and two security officers criminal breach of trust; seven arrests and over 300 witnesses were reported.
- The Singapore Police Force said on October 17 it did not suspect foul play, while Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the death 'plain and simple murder' and said the probe may take three more months before State Coroner review.
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Zubeen Garg death: 4 charged with murder; singer's cousin accused of culpable homicide
A Special Investigation Team has charged four individuals with murder in the Zubeen Garg death case. The singer's cousin, a suspended Assam Police officer, faces charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Two personal security officers are accused of criminal breach of trust. This ...
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Zubeen Garg's death: SIT files 3,500-page chargesheet in Guwahati court after extensive probe
A Special Investigation Team (SIR), probing the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg, on Friday submitted a detailed chargesheet before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Guwahati. The document, which runs over 3,500 pages, was brought to the court on Friday in four large trunks. Officials said the nine-member team arrived in a convoy of six vehicles to present the chargesheet and related evidence. The SIT was formed by the Assam government…
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