Guwahati: Public anger against the sudden death of singer Zubeen Garg spilled onto streets on Wednesday as a mob pelted stones on police vehicles carrying five accused arrested in connection with the case to a jail in Baksa in western Assam.

Several police personnel and journalists were injured in stone pelting while police resorted to lathi charge and firing of tear gas shells to control the mob. Two police vehicles were set on fire during the clash, a police official in Baksa said.

The five were shifted from Guwahati to Baksa jail after they were produced in a court following expiry of their 14 days police remand on Wednesday.

The five includes Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the Northeast India Festival in Singapore, Zubeen's manager Siddharth Sharma, his cousin brother Sandipan

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