Guwahati, March 2 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Kamrup district, Assam, ordered on Monday that one of the accused in the death case of Zubeen Garg – Shyamkanu Mahanta, the festival organizer's, bank accounts be unfrozen, noting that the provisions under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were not applicable in the current circumstances.
The court also ordered another accused in the case, Siddhartha Sharma, to deposit ₹16 lakhs with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Assam Police, as the investigating agency had sealed his flat.
Notably, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Assam Police, constituted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), filed a detailed chargesheet in a Guwahati court in December 2025 in the death case of singer Zubeen Garg.
The investigation followed the mysterious death of Garg in Singapore on September 19, 2025, when he reportedly died while on a boat trip during a trip to attend the North East India Festival.
The chargesheet was described in some reports as a multi-thousand-page document, ranging from 3,500 to over 12,000 pages, based on extensive investigation and witness statements.
Seven people were named in the chargesheet filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Guwahati.
Murder charges under sections of the law were framed against four of them, including the festival organizer, Shyamkanu Mahanta, Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma, a band member, Shekharjyoti Goswami, and a co-singer, Amritprabha Mahanta.
Garg’s cousin, a suspended Assam Police officer, Sandipan Garg, was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The remaining accused, including Garg’s personal security officers, were named in the chargesheet for related offences, including criminal conspiracy and breach of trust.
The SIT's chargesheet was based on extensive evidence-gathering, supported by witness testimony from more than 300 people, documentary evidence, and forensic findings presented to the court.