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Garima Saikia Garg, the woman of singer-composer Zubeen Garg, has returned the 2nd autopsy report of her hubby to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the circumstances surrounding his decease successful Singapore connected September 19.
An serviceman from the SIT, mostly comprising officials of the Assam police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), had handed implicit the post-mortem study to Ms. Garg astatine her residence successful Guwahati’s Kahilipara country connected Saturday (October 4, 2025). She had received the archetypal autopsy study conducted connected the 52-year-old Assamese taste icon connected October 2.
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According to the preliminary probe by the Singapore police, Garg died by drowning portion swimming disconnected an island.
“I chose to instrumentality the post-mortem study to the probe officer, arsenic it is portion of the ongoing probe. The authorities oregon the tribunal volition determine whether oregon not the study should beryllium made public. I spot successful the ineligible strategy to present justness for him,” Ms. Garg told journalists.
The Additional Superintendent of Police (CID) and a SIT member, Moramee Das, said the investigating squad recorded the statements of Ms. Garg and the singer-composer’s younger sister, Palmi Borthakur. “What they said cannot beryllium disclosed astatine this stage,” she said.
On October 2, the Singapore Police Force issued a connection saying it provided a transcript of the autopsy study of Garg and its preliminary findings connected his passing to the High Commission of India upon their request.
“Police investigations connected the substance are ongoing. Members of the nationalist are advised not to stock immoderate videos oregon images relating to the circumstances of Garg’s passing, retired of respect to the deceased,” the connection read.
Although the study ruled retired immoderate foul play, radical successful Assam were not convinced. Under pressure, the State authorities had different post-mortem conducted hours earlier Garg was cremated with afloat State honours and a 21-gun salute connected the outskirts of Guwahati connected September 23.
Arrests made
Four radical person been arrested truthful far. Shyamkanu Mahanta, organiser of the North East India Festival successful Singapore, wherever Garg was scheduled to perform, arsenic good arsenic Siddharth Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, and Amritprabha Mahanta – the precocious singer-composer’s manager, drummer, and co-singer, respectively were held successful transportation with Garg’s death . The archetypal 2 were arrested successful the National Capital Region connected October 1, and the past 2 successful Guwahati connected October 2 aft a six-day interrogation.
All 4 were remanded successful 14-day custody of the CID. The investigators are probing the inconsistencies successful the statements provided by the accused.
On October 3, the Governor of Assam constituted a one-man judicial committee headed by retired Gauhati High Court justice Soumitra Saikia to analyse the circumstances surrounding Garg’s death.
Meanwhile, media reports claimed Mr. Goswami alleged that the precocious singer-composer whitethorn person been poisoned and his killers tried to represent his decease successful a overseas determination arsenic an accident.
