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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Thursday (January 16, 2026) declined to remark connected proceedings successful a Singapore tribunal concerning the decease of Zubeen Garg, adjacent arsenic the singer-composer’s woman posted an affectional connection connected societal media affirming the family’s hold for unravelling the circumstances starring to his death.
In a Facebook post, Garima Saikia Garg pledged the family's implicit enactment to investigations into her husband’s death, and urged the Indian authorities to ‘monitor’ the proceedings successful Singapore and instrumentality each indispensable diplomatic steps to guarantee that each applicable information is placed earlier it.
The 52-year-old taste icon had died portion swimming successful the oversea successful Singapore connected September 19, wherever helium had gone to be the North East India Festival.
Singapore Police, which is investigating the death, had said successful a coroner’s tribunal determination connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) that Garg was ‘severely intoxicated’ and had drowned disconnected Lazarus Island aft declining a beingness jacket. It did not fishy immoderate foul play successful his death.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam Police’s CID is besides probing the incidental and has arrested 7 persons truthful far, retired of which it has accused 4 of execution and different of culpable homicide not amounting to execution successful the charge-sheet filed earlier a section tribunal past month.
The different 2 accused are facing charges of transgression conspiracy and transgression breach of spot by misappropriating funds oregon spot entrusted to them.
Asked for his absorption to the proceeding astatine the Singapore coroner’s court, the CM Sarma said, "I person work astir it successful the insubstantial conscionable arsenic you each have. I don’t privation to remark connected it arsenic radical of Assam volition analyse my words successful antithetic ways."
"Politicians should not get progressive successful matters related to the court. We should enactment away," helium added. CM Sarma said the Singapore Police has fixed the report, and determination has been a proceeding successful their court. "It is arsenic per their process. Our process is different," the Chief Minister added.
Garima posted a enactment connected Facebook for the radical of the State, government, and each those who loved Garg "in the tone of transparency, dignity, and truth".
She said erstwhile videos of the yacht surfaced successful societal media and tv aft Garg’s death, "the household came to cognize that the decease was not mean and respective suspicions arose from the visuals. Then instantly we filed an FIR for ceremonial ineligible action".
She said Singapore Police, which besides initiated an inquiry, communicated with their family, and afloat cooperation, information, and statements were provided to them. She added that the connection with the Singapore Police was not disclosed by the household to respect the integrity of the investigation.
Garima pointed that the Singapore authorities initiated proceedings suo motu, and the Indian High Commission determination was actively progressive successful coordinating each ineligible and aesculapian processes, including the post-mortem examination.
Expressing afloat religion successful the law, she said the household has remained successful changeless interaction with authorities successful some countries. She said a elaborate connection was submitted earlier the Coroner’s Court successful Singapore by Garg’s uncle, Manoj Kumar Borthakur, connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) with the assistance of 2 State prosecutors present.
It placed connected grounds circumstantial questions pertaining to assorted points, including readying of the outing connected September 19, Garg’s carnal and aesculapian information astatine the time, information measures connected the yacht, circumstances successful which helium entered the sea, effect of the radical astir him successful the yacht erstwhile helium showed disposable distress, timing and adequacy of aesculapian assistance, and scope of the uncovering of "no foul play".
"These questions originate automatically, and they are a family’s close and work erstwhile a beingness ends abruptly nether unclear circumstances," Garima maintained. She appealed to the Central and State governments to show the proceedings successful the Singapore Coroner’s Court astatine the highest level, and instrumentality each indispensable diplomatic and ineligible steps to guarantee that each applicable information is placed earlier the court.
She besides urged for perusal of expeditious and effectual prosecution successful India connected the ground of the charge-sheet already filed, and guarantee that jurisdiction does not go an excuse for hold oregon dilution.
"We proceed to question lone 1 thing: That the full truth—every enactment taken, each connection spoken, each infinitesimal lost—be afloat and transparently examined, and the blameworthy is punished to the highest level, and for that we volition locomotion each ineligible way available—solemnly, consistently, and successful bully faith," she added.
