The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Assam Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested Sandipan Garg, Zubeen Garg’s cousin who also happens to be a police officer. The arrest happened in connection to the singer’s death of September 19 after drowning in a swimming accident in Singapore.
Sandipan Garg is currently posted as the Deputy Superintendent (law and order) for Kamrup district. Now the CJM (Kamrup-Metropolitan) district has sent Garg to seven days of police custody. He was present with Zubeen when the singer died while swimming in the sea.
For those unaware, five arrests have currently been made in the case. The CID also questioned the police officer for four days before he was arrested. Now he has been produced in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Kamrup (Metropolitan) district. He is expected remain at the police custody. The special DGP (CID) Assam Police, MP Gupta said, “Today we arrested Sandipan following his interrogation. Since an investigation is underway, I can’t reveal more than that. He will be produced in court and we will seek police custody.” He is heading the 10-member Special Investigation Team.
The CID had also arrested Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta. Shyamkanu Mahanta is the organiser of the North East India Festival (NEIF) in Singapore. Siddharth Sharma is Zubeen’s manager. Shekhar Jyoti Goswami is one of his bandmates and Amritprava Mahanta is a fellow singer. These four people have been placed in CID custody.
The CID had registered a case involving culpable homicide, not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence. The CID had later added the murder charges. A separate case was registered against Mahanta due to alleged financial issues. Further details about the case haven’t been shared yet.
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