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Two elder officers of the Assam Police reached Singapore connected Monday (October 20, 2025) to analyse the decease of vocalist Zubeen Garg successful the land federation past month, officials said.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) nether the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Assam Police is astatine contiguous probing Garg's decease lawsuit aft much than 60 FIRs were lodged crossed the State.
According to a elder official, CID Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta and Titabor Co-District SP Tarun Goel person reached Singapore successful a formation from Guwahati. Mr. Gupta is heading the nine-member SIT, portion Mr. Goel is simply a subordinate of it.
The 2 SIT members volition sojourn the "place of occurrence wherever Garg had breathed his last", different authoritative said. "Linking the bid of events with the spot of occurrence is 1 of the astir important aspects of the full probe process. Besides, the Assam Police squad volition beryllium with their counterparts successful Singapore to sermon the case," helium said.
The celebrated vocalist died nether mysterious circumstances 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.
The SIT is besides apt to conscionable the yacht aviator and attendant to cognize the nonstop details of the incident, the authoritative said. "They are apt to sojourn the five-star edifice wherever Garg had stayed. It volition effort to analyse each space of the case," helium said.
The Indian authorities had earlier invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Singapore, seeking practice successful the probe into the decease of the singer. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is besides carrying retired an autarkic probe into the incident.
In a connection connected October 17, the SPF said that the preliminary investigations person not indicated immoderate foul play successful Garg's death. It besides said that investigations into the decease of the fashionable Indian singer-songwriter-composer may instrumentality up to different 3 months, aft which the findings volition beryllium submitted to the State Coroner for further proceedings.
The Assam Police has interrogated 10 Assamese expats from Singapore retired of 11, against whom summonses were issued, portion the remaining 1 is simply a national of the Southeast Asian nation.
A yacht was booked by a fewer bureau bearers of the Assam Association Singapore, and these 11 radical were contiguous erstwhile Garg allegedly drowned successful the sea.
Earlier, North East India Festival's main organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's manager Siddharth Sharma, and his 2 set members — Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta — were apprehended.
Later, Garg's relative and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested successful transportation with the singer's decease successful Singapore successful September.
Zubeen Garg's PSOs Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya were besides arrested aft constabulary recovered immense fiscal transactions, worthy implicit ₹1.1 crore, successful their accounts.
All 7 arrested radical are present successful judicial custody. They were booked nether assorted sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, transgression conspiracy and causing decease by negligence.
