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GUWAHATI
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the decease of Assamese taste icon Zubeen Garg portion helium was swimming disconnected an land successful Singapore connected September 18, has received the viscera study from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory successful New Delhi.
SIT caput and Special Director General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Munna Prasad Gupta, told journalists successful Guwahati connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) that the viscera study had been sent to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
He said a committee constituted by the infirmary would survey the viscera study and taxable the last autopsy study to the SIT. “Once received, we volition taxable the study to the tribunal and manus implicit a transcript to Zubeen Garg’s family,” helium said.
The viscera samples were sent to the forensic laboratory successful New Delhi aft the 2nd autopsy connected Garg astatine the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. This post-mortem was conducted earlier Garg’s mortal remains were cremated connected September 23.
The archetypal autopsy was conducted successful Singapore connected September 19.
“We volition person to hold for the last autopsy study to conclude,” Mr. Gupta said, reacting to reports that Garg could person been poisoned. Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, 1 of Garg’s bandmates, has claimed the singer-composer died due to the fact that helium was poisoned by his manager Siddharth Sharma and North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta.
Garg was scheduled to execute astatine the North East India Festival successful Singapore.
Mr. Goswami, Mr. Sharma, and Mr. Mahanta are among 7 radical arrested successful transportation with Garg’s death. The others are Garg’s cousin, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandipan Garg, idiosyncratic information officers Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya, and co-singer Amritprabha Mahanta.
Mr. Gupta besides said the Singapore authorities were processing India’s petition for a probe successful the land country. Various governmental parties and societal media users person been criticising the SIT for failing to nonstop a squad to Singapore to analyse and grill immoderate radical who were with Garg during his past fewer hours.
“We sent a petition nether the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to Singapore done the Ministry of Home Affairs for materials needed successful the probe, specified arsenic CCTV footage and statements of definite people. The constabulary cannot spell to different state and commencement investigating without the indispensable clearance,” helium said.
“The bureau of the Attorney General, which is the nodal bureau successful Singapore, received our request. It is examining the petition and volition fto america know. We cannot analyse successful that state without its support and without the enactment of the Singapore police,” Mr. Gupta said.
The SIT sent notices to 11 Singapore-based Assamese radical who were connected the yacht during the singer’s past moments. So far, 1 of them, Rupkamal Kalita, has deposed earlier the probe team.
“We are taking steps to guarantee the remaining 10 Singapore-based NRIs (Non Resident Indians) travel for interrogation,” Mr. Gupta said.
