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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said connected Tuesday (September 30, 2025) that the Centre has formally invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Singapore, seeking practice successful the probe into the decease of singer Zubeen Garg successful the southeast Asian country.
The Assam Government had submitted a petition connected Monday (September 29) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), seeking the invocation of the pact with Singapore successful transportation with the singer's decease successful the land country.
''The Ministry of Home Affairs has present formally invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) successful transportation with the FIR lodged by Assam Police regarding the unfortunate demise of our beloved Zubeen'', the Chief Minister posted on X.
Mr. Sarma had said connected Monday (September 29) that erstwhile the MLAT was invoked, it would guarantee afloat practice from Singaporean authorities, springiness entree to lawsuit details and assistance to bring backmost the accused and unafraid justice.
The Assam Government has constituted a 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Special DGP M.P. Gupta, to analyse the singer's decease successful Singapore owed to drowning successful the oversea connected September 19.
Two Assam Police officers are already successful Singapore to question assistance from the authorities acrophobic successful Singapore, CM Sarma said.
