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Zubeen Garg's cousin, Assam Police officer, arrested in singer's death case

Posted on: Oct 08, 2025 11:53 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Zubeen Garg's cousin, Assam Police officer, arrested in singer's death case
IN a john roy major evolution in the dig into into the dying of pop singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore, his cousin Sandipan Garg who is an Assam Police Service (APS) officer, has been arrested. He was reportedly with the singer when the incident occurred.Confirming the arrest, Special Investigation Team chief and Special DGP (CID) Munna Prasad Gupta told news agency ANI, “The SIT/CID of Assam Police have arrested an APS officer, Sandipan Garg, in connection with the singer Zubeen Garg death case.”The four others, who were arrested earlier in connection with the case, are now in police custody.So far, the SIT/CID has arrested five people, including main event organiser of the Northeast India Festival Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma, his bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, co-singer Amritprava Mahanta, and now Sandipan Garg."Now, we are doing the necessary legal formalities," Gupta told news agency PTI.The apprehended police officer was interrogated several times in the last few days over the singer's death in Singapore last month.Sandipan Garg, a deputy SP and a cousin of the singer, was present with him during the alleged drowning incident in the island country."Our team has taken him to a court here. We will seek police remand," another senior officer said.Zubeen Garg died in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea. He had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to attend the 4th edition of the North East India Festival, organised by Shyamkanu Mahanta and his company.

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