Zubeen Garg death case: Lathi-charge outside Assam’s Baksa jail as protesters hurl stones at vehicles carrying five accused

Assam Police connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) resorted to lathi-charge to disperse an agitated mob that hurled stones astatine vehicles carrying 5 accused arrested successful taste icon Zubeen Garg's decease lawsuit arsenic they were being brought to Baksa Central Jail, constabulary said.

A fewer people, including a policewoman, were injured and solid panes of vehicles were smashed, portion immoderate journalists covering the protests were besides deed by stones, a elder serviceman said.

A ample fig of protesters gathered extracurricular the situation successful Mussalpur area, and arsenic the convoy of vehicles carrying the accused for being lodged successful the situation arrived, they started pelting the vehicles with stones, helium said.

Some adjacent demanded that the accused beryllium handed implicit to the nationalist to guarantee "justice for Zubeen".

Although the convoy managed to participate the jailhouse premises, the protesters scuffled with the policemen deployed astatine the gates arsenic they attempted to breach the cordon, the serviceman said.

Despite the requests of the policemen to the protesters to determination back, they kept pressing forward, pursuing which the instrumentality enforcers resorted to lathi-charge to power the situation, helium said.

Tension inactive prevailed successful the country arsenic the mob moved backmost but was yet to permission the area, the serviceman said.

Senior constabulary officers camped successful the country and information has been heightened successful and astir the jailhouse premises, helium said.

Earlier successful the day, North East India Festival (NEIF) main organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's manager Siddhartha Sharma, his relative and constabulary serviceman Sandipan Garg and his idiosyncratic information officers Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya were remanded to judicial custody by the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate aft their constabulary remand ended.

The court, expressing interest for their safety, besides ruled that they should beryllium sent to a jailhouse wherever determination were little prisoners.

Accordingly, the authorities decided to displacement each 5 to Baksa Jail astatine Mussalpur, which was inaugurated 2 months agone and determination are inactive nary prisoners there, an authoritative said.

Assam's taste icon, Zubeen Garg, died successful Singapore portion swimming successful the oversea connected September 19.