Following the courtroom’s considerations for his or her security, the Assam authorities determined to switch them to the newly inaugurated Baksa District Jail, opened in June this 12 months, which at present homes no different prisoners.
5 folks arrested in reference to the demise of standard singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore final month had been on Wednesday despatched to 14 days’ judicial custody after their police remand ended. Quickly after, protests outdoors Baksa District Jail turned violent as a mob pelted stones on the convoy carrying the accused.
5 accused shifted to Baksa jail
These despatched to judicial custody embody Shyamkanu Mahanta, chief organiser of the North East India Competition (NEIF); Siddhartha Sharma, Zubeen’s supervisor; Sandipan Garg, his cousin and a suspended Assam Police DSP; and two of Zubeen’s private safety officers, Nandeswar Bora and Prabin (Paresh) Baishya.
The Kamrup Chief Judicial Justice of the Peace (CJM) ordered that the accused be shifted to a jail with fewer prisoners for security considerations. Accordingly, authorities determined to ship them to the newly inaugurated Baksa District Jail at Mussalpur, which at present has no inmates.
Stone pelting and protests outdoors jail
Stress flared on Wednesday afternoon because the convoy carrying the accused reached Baksa Jail. A whole lot of individuals demanding justice for Zubeen Garg gathered outdoors and a few amongst them started pelting stones on the autos. Visuals confirmed protesters chasing the convoy because it entered the jail premises.
Police and safety forces had been deployed to regulate the scenario and forestall additional escalation.
Background of the case
Mahanta and Sharma had been arrested on October 1 in Delhi and charged underneath a number of sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), together with culpable murder not amounting to homicide, felony conspiracy, and inflicting demise by negligence. Homicide expenses had been added later.
Zubeen’s cousin, DSP Sandipan Garg, was arrested on October 8, suspended from service the identical day, and was on the yacht with the singer throughout his last moments. The 2 PSOs had been arrested on October 10. All 5 had been interrogated by the SIT shaped by the Assam authorities to probe the singer’s demise on September 19 in Singapore.
Two extra nonetheless in police custody
Two others — Zubeen’s co-musicians, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta — stay in police custody until October 17. The CID has additionally initiated a separate investigation towards Mahanta for alleged organised monetary crimes and benami property dealings.
Zubeen Garg’s demise has sparked widespread outrage throughout Assam, with followers and civil society demanding a clear and honest investigation.