Guwahati: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing singer Zubeen Garg's death charged four individuals, Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddhartha Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, and Amritprava Mahanta, with murder in a chargesheet filed Friday in a Guwahati court.

Shyamkanu Mahanta served as chief organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, where Garg died mysteriously while swimming in the sea on September 19.

Garg's cousin and suspended Assam Police officer Sandipan Garg faced charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the chargesheet submitted to the Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court, lawyers confirmed.

Sharma acted as the singer's secretary, while Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta were band members.

The singer's two personal security officers, Nandeswar Bo

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