A fifth arrest in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death has been made. Garg’s cousin and Assam Police Service Officer Sandipan Garg was arrested by authorities on Wednesday. Sandipan had also accompanied Zubeen on a trip to Singapore. His cousin will now be produced in front of a court for further questioning. Read on to know more about the case.
Zubeen Garg’s Cousin, Assam Police Officer Sandipan Garg Arrested By Authorities
Zubeen Garg’s cousin, Sandipan Garg, was arrested on Wednesday. He is a Deputy SP at Kamrup with the Assam police and was reported to the CID office in Guwahati. Zandipan was also interrogated after his arrest.
The reason for Sandipal’s arrest has not been disclosed yet. Today, we arrested Sandipan Garg, and he will be produced before the court seeking police remand for further questioning. The investigation is ongoing. We are interrogating Rupkamal Kalita, and we will again issue summons to the remaining people from Singapore to report here.” Said SIT head M.P. Gupta.
Zubeen Garg, famous for songs like ‘Dil Tu Hi Bataa’ and ‘Ya Ali’ was found dead on September 19. The 52-year-old singer had gone swimming while on a yacht outing in Singapore. Last week, two people who had been present with Zubeen in Singapore were arrested, his collaborators and musicians, Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta.
Two other prime suspects have been arrested in the case, namely North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and his manager Siddharth Sharma. The SIT is investigating the case further and has lodged it under charges of murder, criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence.
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Rupkamal Kalita, who is a member of the Assam Association Singapore, has also been interrogated for his links to Zubeen Garg’s death. Kalita’s association had reportedly organised the yacht outing.
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