Sandipan Garg, who served as the co-district in-charge superintendent of Boko-Chhaygaon in Kamrup, was also Zubeen Garg’s cousin. He had reportedly accompanied the singer on a yacht when Zubeen died while swimming on September 19. The case has been registered under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy, and causing death by negligence.
Expanding probe and multiple arrests
The CID has so far arrested five people in connection with the case. Earlier, North East India Festival chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma, and two band members- Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta- were taken into custody.
Investigators are also issuing fresh summonses to ten members of the Assam Association Singapore who have not yet appeared before the investigating team. CID Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta stated that legal procedures are being followed to contact the NRIs abroad, urging them to cooperate with the probe.
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Additionally, two of the singer’s personal security officers, Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya, were suspended after investigators found suspicious financial transactions amounting to Rs 1.1 crore in their accounts. Departmental proceedings have been initiated against both officers.
CM vows swift justice
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the government is committed to ensuring justice in the case and that a chargesheet will be filed within three months. “The inquiry is proceeding on expected lines. We have made one arrest after the other, and I am confident that the chargesheet will be submitted within the stipulated time frame,” Sarma said while addressing reporters in Dibrugarh.
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