Assam DSP Sandipan Garg Arrested in Zubeen Garg Death Case Singapore

Assam Police on Wednesday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandipan Garg, a cousin of late singer Zubeen Garg, in connection with the singer’s death in Singapore on September 19, officials said. The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department detained Sandipan, who had travelled with Zubeen to Singapore and was reportedly present on the yacht during the outing in which the singer was later found floating in the water.

State police said the case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including provisions dealing with murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence. A special investigation team led by senior CID officers has been probing the circumstances of Zubeen’s death since the incident, and Sandipan’s arrest is the fifth in the case, officials added.

Earlier arrests in the investigation include the North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Siddhartha Sharma, and two members of the singer’s band, Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta. All four remain in police custody, officials said. After being produced before a local...