Assam Police DSP arrested in connection with singer Zubeen Garg's death

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A coating  of deceased vocalist  Zubeen Garg was enactment     up   astatine  a assemblage  Durga Puja pandal successful  Guwahati. File

A coating of deceased vocalist Zubeen Garg was enactment up astatine a assemblage Durga Puja pandal successful Guwahati. File | Photo Credit: PTI

Zubeen Garg’s relative and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025) successful transportation with the singer's decease successful Singapore past month, a elder serviceman said.

This is the fifth apprehension successful the case.

Earlier, North East India Festival main organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's manager Siddharth Sharma, and his 2 set members — Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta — were apprehended.

"We person arrested Sandipan Garg. Now, we are doing the indispensable ineligible formalities," CID Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta told PTI.

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The apprehended constabulary serviceman was interrogated respective times successful the past fewer days implicit the singer's decease successful Singapore past month.

Sandipan Garg, a lawman SP and a relative of the singer, was contiguous with him during the alleged drowning incidental successful the land country.

"Our squad has taken him to a tribunal here. We volition question constabulary remand," different elder serviceman said. The 4 others, who were arrested earlier successful transportation with the case, are present successful constabulary custody.

Zubeen Garg died successful Singapore connected September 19 portion swimming successful the sea. He had gone to the Southeast Asian federation to be the 4th variation of the North East India Festival, organised by Shyamkanu Mahanta and his company.

Published - October 08, 2025 12:33 p.m. IST

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