Assam police arrest two in Zubeen Garg death case, widen probe

Assam police have arrested two men in connection with the death of prominent singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore, and have broadened a probe that now includes other associates who were with him on his final trip. On Wednesday authorities detained festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddhartha Sharma in Delhi and Gurugram respectively and brought them to Guwahati for questioning, while a Special Investigation Team set up by the Assam government has also taken another musician who was on the yacht into custody for questioning, officials said.

Mahanta was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport as he returned from Singapore and Sharma was picked up from an apartment in Gurugram. A magistrate in Guwahati remanded the two to 14 days custody, and police said they have been booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that include culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence. The SIT, led by a senior police official, has issued notices to other attendees and members of the Singapore Assam Association and said those individuals may be asked to appear as the inquiry continues.

Garg, 52, died on September 19 after...