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Zubeen Garg's Manager Siddhartha Sharma and Festival Organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta Arrested in Connection to His Death: Report
Assam Police arrested festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddhartha Sharma under charges including criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide, following over 55 FIRs filed.
- On Wednesday, Assam Police arrested Shyamkanu Mahanta, North East India Festival chief organiser, and Siddhartha Sharma, manager of Zubeen Garg, and remanded them to 14 days' police custody in Guwahati.
- On September 19 he was swimming during a yacht outing in Singapore when 52-year-old Assamese singer Zubeen Garg lost consciousness and drowned before the North East India Festival.
- Police executed raids, seizing documents and devices, while Assam Police formed a 10-member SIT led by Special DGP M.P. Gupta and issued Interpol 'lookout' notices summoning Mahanta and Sharma by October 6.
- Under tight security, officials escorted the duo to the CID office after producing them at the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate residence, and Garima Saikia Garg said she trusts the SIT to reveal his final moments soon.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has asked Singapore for assistance under MLAT, while Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Chief Minister, said Mahanta's accounts are frozen as SIT probes Garg's final hours.
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Singer Zubeen Garg died in Singapore while swimming: Report
Singapore: Musician Zubeen Garg died last month after swimming in waters off Singapore island, and not while scuba diving as per earlier media reports. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said they have extended a copy of the autopsy report, along with its preliminary findings on Garg’s death, to the High Commission of India, upon its request, The Straits Times newspaper reported. SPF rules out foul play The SPF had earlier ruled out foul play in t…
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