Zubeen Garg's death case: Cops seek murder charges against singers
Popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg tragically passed away while swimming near Singapore's Lazarus Island during the Northeast India Festival on September 19.
His bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta were arrested after police found evidence and charged them with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy, and causing death by negligence.
Investigation updates: 4 arrested, including manager and festival organizer
The case has gotten serious—charges started as culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy, but murder charges were later added.
Four people are now in custody: Goswami, Mahanta, Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma, and festival organizer Shyamkanu Mahanta.
A second post-mortem was done in Guwahati, and investigators are still waiting on a key forensic report from Delhi.
To speed things up, the Indian government has asked Singapore to share evidence under an international treaty, with Assam Police preparing to travel there soon as part of the inquiry.