Zubeen Garg’s death: Assam to set up judicial panel, says CM; Himanta Biswa Sarma makes public appeal

Assam CM announced a judicial commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia, to probe singer Zubeen Garg’s death by drowning in Singapore. Meanwhile, festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, currently in CID custody on murder charges, moved the Supreme Court seeking a central agency probe, citing a “vicious media trial” and no foul play found by Singaporean authorities.