Zubeen Garg Death Case: The Kamrup Metropolitan District and Sessions Court Judge on Friday examined documents filed by the two accused, Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddhartha Sharma in the singer Zubeen Garg death case. After the hearing in Guwahati, Zubeen's wife, Garima, shared the update on the sensational death case in the election-bound Assam. While speaking to reporters, she said Siddharth Sharma filed a discharge petition during the last hearing, with arguments scheduled for February 16. Further proceedings in the matter will take place on the same day, Garima added.
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"Siddharth Sharma had filed a discharge petition on the last hearing. The argument will be held on the 16th. Everything will be done on the 16th," Garima told reporters.
Advocate Apurba Sarma said today, the case was fixed for hearing on the petition filed by Shyamkanu Mahanta. "The petition has been heard, and an order will be passed on the 16th. Mahanta filed a petition to refreeze his bank accounts. So, that has been heard, and an order will be passed on the 16th. Siddharth Sharma has filed three more petitions, and he is seeking all the documents, including digital copies of all the documents submitted before this court. The prosecution has objected to all of them, and the objections will be heard on February 16th, and the Court will pass an order on that day. We demand from the Government of Assam and India that a fast-track court be established that will conduct daily hearings..."
Family Demands Fast-Track Court
Meanwhile, the singer's wife and sister demanded that the fast-track court promised by the state government be set up at the earliest for daily hearings. The lawyers of both the accused also submitted various documents related to the case to the court for examination. Garima told reporters outside the court that the government should immediately set up the fast-track court for daily hearing of the case, otherwise it would drag on for years and justice would not be meted out to both the family and the people of Assam.
'We have been saying from the very beginning that the fast-track court should be set up so that continuous hearing can take place and the guilty are punished', she said.
Garg's sister Palme Borthakur also demanded that the trial be sped up, saying, "Even now the accused are only submitting the documents and if it continues in this way, it will take more than 20 years for the verdict to be executed."
The SIT had submitted the chargesheet on December 12 and the first hearing was held on December 16. Garg had gone to attend the North East India Festival at Singapore, where he died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea on September 19.
(With Agencies Inputs)