A Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing into the death of singer Zubeen Garg , on Friday (December 12, 2025) charged four accused with murder in its charge sheet filed in a Guwahati court.

The accused are Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddhartha Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta, lawyers said.

Shyamkanu Mahanta was the chief organiser of the North East India Festival, which was attended by Garg in Singapore, where he died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea on September 19.

Garg’s cousin and suspended Assam Police officer Sandipan Garg has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the over 3,500-page charg sheet submitted at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court earlier in the day, the lawyers said.

The Assam government had cons

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