India, Oct. 28 -- The Kamrup Metropolitan district chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court in Assam on Monday extended the judicial custody of five out of seven accused in singer Zubeen Garg's death case by another 14 days.

The accused - Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Sandipan Garg (Zubeen's cousin), and the singer's two personal security officers Paresh Baishya and Nandeshwar Bora - were produced before the court virtually on October 27 as the Chhath Puja holiday on October 28 led to an early hearing.

They were arrested between October 1 and 10 by the special investigation team (SIT) of the Assam Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the death of the singer.

The district court had on October 15 sent t...