Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (October 3, 2025) announced that a judicial commission will be formed to probe the death of singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg.
The chief minister, in a Facebook Live, said that the commission will be headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Gauhati High Court.
“We will form the commission tomorrow. Now, we request all the people who have any information or videos related to Zubeen Garg’s death to come forward and depose in front of the commission,” he added.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) Department are likely to join the Assam Police in investigating alleged organised financial crimes and acquisition of benami properties by event manager Shyamkanu Mahanta, an accused in the death of Garg.
The Assam CID is currently probing the case of Garg’s death after more than 60 FIRs have been lodged across the state against Shyamkanu Mahanta, the chief organiser of the Northeast India Festival, where the singer had gone to perform, and almost 10 others.
Sarma further said, “Now, those who had shared different information related to Zubeen’s death on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, it is their duty to submit affidavits in front of the commission.”
Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma, festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, band members Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta have been arrested in the case and sent to 14 days of police remand.
“Now, the government requests members of the Assam Association of Singapore, who were accompanying the singer on the day of his death, to come forward and give their statement,” CM Sarma said.
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Sarma said the government handed over the report of the post-mortem examination done in Singapore to Zubeen’s wife, Garima Saikia, on Thursday.
