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Two accused successful the Zubeen Garg decease case, North East India Festival manager Shyamkanu Mahanta and the singer’s relative Sandipan Garg, connected Thursday (January 22, 2026) withdrew their bail petitions during a proceeding astatine a court.
The Kamrup Metropolitan District and Sessions Court was proceeding the bail pleas of 5 of the 7 accused erstwhile Mr. Mahanta and Sandipan Garg's lawyers withdrew their petitions.
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Mr. Mahanta is accused of murder, portion the singer's cousin, a suspended Assam Police officer, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The tribunal heard the bail petitions of vocalist Amritprava Mahanta and Garg's idiosyncratic information officers Paresh Baishya and Nandeswar Bora.
The tribunal is scheduled to perceive the substance again connected January 30, erstwhile it is apt to walk an bid connected the bail petition.
Two different accused, singer's caput Siddhartha Sharma and Garg's set subordinate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, person not applied for bail yet.
The accused were contiguous virtually during the proceeding portion Zubeen Garg's widow Garima and the singer's sister, Palmee Borthakur, were contiguous physically successful the court.
Ms. Garima told reporters that the prosecution enactment up a beardown lawsuit opposing the bail petitions, and they were satisfied with the arguments.
Ms. Borthakur said the tribunal would determine connected the bail pleas connected January 30. "We are waiting for that," she said.
Garg had gone to be the North East India Festival successful Singapore, wherever helium died nether mysterious circumstances portion swimming successful the oversea connected September 19.
The Assam authorities constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the singer's decease and had submitted the chargesheet connected December 12.
In its chargesheet, the SIT accused Mahanta, Sharma, Goswami and Amritprava of murder.
While Sandipan Garg has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, the singer's 2 PSOs person been charged with transgression conspiracy and transgression breach of spot by misappropriating funds oregon spot entrusted to them.
Earlier, the authorities furniture appointed a five-member squad of peculiar nationalist prosecutors, headed by elder advocator Ziaul Kamar, with Brojendra Mohan Chaudhuri arsenic further nationalist authoritative and Kishor Dutta, Pranjal Dutta and Vikash Jammar arsenic adjunct nationalist prosecutors.
A coroner's tribunal successful Singapore had past week ruled retired immoderate foul play and said Garg was severely intoxicated and had drowned disconnected Lazarus Island aft declining a beingness jacket.
