The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam Police, which is probing the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg, on Friday filed a 12,000-page chargesheet before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Guwahati. The chargesheet was submitted by a team of SIT led by Rosie Kalita.
Chargesheet filed in Zubeen Garg case
In the chargesheet, the SIT charged murder under Section 103 of BNS against four accused – Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta.
SIT Chief and Special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta told ANI that the main chargesheet is around 2500 pages and including other documents the volume of the chargesheet is around 12,000 pages.
“Section 103 of BNS has charged against four accused persons – Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta. Section 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 61(2), 103(1), 316(5) of BNS charges against Siddharth Sharma, 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 61(2), 103(1), 308(2), 318(4), 238 of BNS charges against Shyamkanu Mahanta, 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 61(2), 103(1), 316(5) of BNS against Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 61(2), 103(1), 238 of BNS against Amritprava Mahanta. On the other hand, Section 105 of BNS charges against Sandipan Garg, Section 61(2), 316(5) charges against each Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya,” Munna Prasad Gupta said.
The SIT team submitted various documents, technical and electronic evidences along with chargesheet. The SIT team had recorded statements from around 300 people during its investigation.
On October 21, the SIT team, led by Special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta, met Singapore authorities regarding the case. So far, the SIT has recorded statements from over 300 individuals.
During the probe, the SIT has arrested seven people, including main event organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen`s manager Siddharth Sharma, his cousin Sandipan Garg, bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, co-singer Amritprava Mahanta, and Zubeen`s PSOs Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya. All the accused are currently in jail.
Assam CM reacts to Chargesheet filing
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday asserted that the promise made to the people of the state in connection with singer Zubeen Garg`s death has been fulfilled with the filing of the charge sheet by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) within the stipulated time frame.
“We had taken the responsibility of ensuring justice to Zubeen Garg and we fulfilled this with the SIT submitting the charge sheet within a record time in the court today,” Sarma said on the sidelines of a programme in Kokrajhar.
(with inputs from agencies)