Updated On: 13 December, 2025 09:50 AM IST | Guwahati | Agencies
Murder charge slapped on four despite Singapore cops’ no foul play line

All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) members stage a protest demanding justice for late singer Zubeen Garg on his 53rd birth anniversary, in Guwahati in November. Pic/PTI
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, on Friday charged four accused with murder in its chargesheet 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.