Published on : 03 Oct 2025, 9:40 am 3 min read

Northeast Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection from arrest after multiple first information reports (FIRs) were lodged against him in connection with the death of singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore.

Mahanta, who has been organising the Northeast Festival since 2013, said that he has been falsely implicated after Garg’s sudden death on September 19, 2025, while holidaying with family and friends on a yacht in Singapore.

He pointed out that the singer was scheduled to perform at his festival on September 20 but the incident had nothing to do with the event, and that Singaporean authorities who probed the matter have not found any foul play.

The plea states that more than 54 FIRs have b

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