Assam: DSP arrested in connection with singer Zubeen Garg's death

Zubeen Garg’s cousin and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month, a senior officer said. This is the fifth arrest in the case. Sandipan had been appearing before investigators at the office of the Crime Investigation Department (CID), Assam, every day for the last five days. He was arrested shortly after he arrived at the CID office on Wednesday morning. Sandipan was allegedly on the yacht when Zubeen died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea in Singapore on 19 September. This was reportedly Sandipan’s first trip abroad.
Rupkamal Kalita, an NRI and member of the Assam Association Singapore, deposed before the CID for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. He was grilled for six hours on Tuesday. Kalita was allegedly on the yacht in Singapore on that fateful day when Zubeen died. Seven other Singapore-based Assamese witnesses have not yet responded to the CID’s summons.
The DSP was booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy, and causing death by negligence, a police officer said. Earlier, North East India Festival chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's manager Siddharth Sharma, and his two band members - Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta - were apprehended.