Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Assam police probing the death of singer-composer Zubeen Garg has added a murder charge on the two prime accused in the case.
Special Director General of Police and SIT head Munna Prasad Gupta told journalists on Thursday (October 2, 2025) that Section 103 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was added after the registration of the case against Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddharth Sharma. The duo was arrested in the National Capital Region on October 1, the former after he arrived from Singapore.
Mr. Mahanta was the chief organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, where the 52-year-old Garg was scheduled to perform the day after his death on September 19. Mr. Sharma was the manager of the cultural icon.
“We added Section 103 to the case and are interrogating the two main accused, along with others connected to the case,” Mr. Gupta said, adding that notices have been served to all those involved in the case to appear before the SIT for questioning by October 6.
Before the addition of Section 103, the case number 18/2025 in connection with Garg’s death was registered under sections dealing with criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence.
