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The peculiar probe squad (SIT), probing into the death of vocalist Zubeen Garg, filed a ailment with the Assam Police's Crime Branch against Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi for allegedly circulating connected societal media "unverified" documents related to the complaint expanse successful the case, a elder authoritative said connected Friday (December 19, 2025).
The circulation of specified documents is ''illegal" and volition "mislead the nationalist and make confusion", helium said.
Mr. Gogoi, the Sivasagar MLA, was accused of circulating immoderate documents connected societal media, claiming these to beryllium portion of the complaint expanse against the 7 accused successful the singer's decease case.
The nine-member SIT, headed by Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta, had submitted the complaint expanse earlier the Kamrup (Metro) Chief Judicial Magistrate connected December 12.
The tribunal is yet to merchandise certified copies of the complaint expanse to those who person applied for it, a lawyer pointed out, adding that it has lone been shared with the accused and their household members.
"SIT's Investigating Officer Rosie Kalita has filed the ailment against Gogoi for registration of an FIR with the Crime Branch of the police. The ailment is being examined, and a determination connected the substance volition beryllium taken accordingly," the authoritative said.
Mr. Gogoi, successful a societal media post, said, ''I person travel to cognize that the authorities has filed a lawsuit against maine for making the complaint expanse public. I americium severely ill, but I volition spell to Guwahati to look the case."
The SIT main had said that the singer's caput Siddhartha Sharma, festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, and set members Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta person been charged with the murder.
Mr. Mahanta was the main organiser of the North East India Festival successful Singapore, which Garg had attended, and helium died nether mysterious circumstances determination portion swimming successful the oversea connected September 19.
Garg's relative and suspended Assam Police serviceman Sandipan Garg has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The singer's 2 idiosyncratic information officers (PSOs) — Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya — person been charged with transgression conspiracy and breach of spot by misappropriating funds oregon spot entrusted to them, Gupta said.
Besides murder, Mr. Mahanta has been charged with transgression conspiracy, extortion, cheating, and demolition of evidence.
Zubeen's caput has besides been charged with murder, transgression conspiracy and transgression breach of trust.
In summation to the execution charge, his set member, Mr. Goswami, has besides been charged with transgression breach of trust, portion Amritprava Mahanta has besides been charged with demolition of evidence.
All the accused person been arrested and are presently successful jail, with 5 of them successful Baksa situation and Goswami and Amritprava successful Haflong jail.
