US EditionZubeen Garg death ‘plain and simple murder’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma doubles down in assembly
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed murder charges after seven arrests and 252 statements in the investigation of singer Zubeen Garg’s death in Singapore.
- On Tuesday in the Assam Assembly, Himanta Biswa Sarma said singer Zubeen Garg's death was a case of 'plain and simple murder' and supported admitting an adjournment motion on the issue.
- Zubeen Garg died on September 19 while swimming in Singapore, and the FIR was registered on September 20, 2025; within two days, the Assam government requested adding Section 103 of BNS.
- The Special Investigation Team of the Assam Police has added murder charges, arrested seven people and recorded 252 statements after receiving the Singapore post-mortem report, Sarma said.
- Next month Sarma told the Special Investigation Team to file the chargesheet on December 8, 2025, and rejected Opposition MLAs demanding a CBI probe, urging faith in the SIT.
- With elections a few months away the chief minister warned the matter is volatile and Opposition MLAs pressed procedural questions, sought a house committee and raised calls for further scrutiny amid disputes over Zubeen Garg's religion.
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Zubeen Garg death ‘plain and simple murder’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma doubles down in assembly
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed in the assembly that the death of singer Zubeen Garg was a murder. made the comment during a discussion under an adjournment motion moved by another member of the house on Garg's death.
Zubeen's death 'plain and simple murder': Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the assembly on Tuesday that singer Zubeen Garg’s death while swimming in the sea in Singapore is a case of “plain and simple murder”. The special investigation team (SIT) that has been probing into the circumstances of Garg’s death have added murder charges to the case. Sarma was speaking in the assembly during a discussion under an adjournment motion moved by the opposition on the sing…
Zubeen Garg's death 'plain and simple murder': Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma makes big claim
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday told the assembly that Zubeen Garg's death while swimming in the sea in Singapore is a case of "plain and simple murder". Sarma was speaking in the assembly during a discussion under an adjournment motion moved by the opposition on the singer's death. The motion was allowed by the Speaker at the request of the chief minister. Sarma said they never opposed the adjournment motion on Garg's death …
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