Zubeen Garg death case: SIT working to hide CM Himanta's relation with accused, alleges Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi

Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday (October 19, 2025) alleged that the investigation into the death of the state's icon Zubeen Garg in Singapore is not moving in the right direction.

He alleged that the state government constituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to save Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddhartha Sharma, currently in judicial custody, as they have close ties with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the BJP.

"As an investigation is going on, it is the duty of the government to make public all information on Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddhartha Sharma. Nothing should be kept hidden," Mr. Gogoi told reporters on the sidelines of a memorial organised for the singer-composer by the opposition parties in Guwahati.

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"The way Himanta Biswa Sarma is taking forward the investigation through the SIT, it feels that the chief minister had formed the SIT to hide his close relation with Shyamkanu Mahanta," he alleged.