NEW DELHI: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) in India probing the death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg (pic) on Dec 12 filed its charge sheet for the case at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) Court in Guwahati city, Assam state.
The 3,500-page document was submitted by SIT member Rosy Kalita in the presence of senior officials.
In it, the SIT charged four people, including the organiser of the festival in Singapore, Shyamkanu Mahanta, with murder.
Siddhartha Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta are the three other associates of the late singer who have been charged with the murder.
Garg’s cousin, suspended police officer Sandipan Garg, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the SIT charge sheet.
The charge sheet names a total of seven suspects.
While four of them have been charged with murder, others face charges of abetment, culpable homicide and breach of trust.
Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances on Sept 19 in Singapore. He had gone there to attend the North East India Festival.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that it was a clear-cut murder with a shocking motive. The Chief Minister formed an SIT under special director-general of police Munna Prasad Gupta to thoroughly investigate the case.
The SIT questioned more than 300 witnesses, conducted post-mortems and analysed evidence from Singapore before filing the 3,500-page charge sheet.
The document contains forensic findings, witness statements, digital records and other critical material related to the investigation into the singer’s death.
Reacting to the development, Sarma said: “The SIT team submitted the charge sheet before the CJM Court in Guwahati... We will respect the verdict of the court.” - The Statesman/ANN
