Assam: SIT raids homes of singer Zubeen Garg’s manager, event organiser

The Special Investigation Team of the Assam Police on Thursday conducted searches at the homes of late singer Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma and Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the Northeast India Festival, the Hindustan Times reported.

Garg, a popular Assamese singer, died on September 19 in Singapore. He died during a yacht trip, a day before he was to perform at the festival organised by Mahanta.

A death certificate issued by the Singaporean authorities on September 20 stated the cause of Garg’s death as drowning. He was cremated near Guwahati with state honours and a 21-gun salute on Tuesday.

After Garg’s death, more than 50 first information reports were filed against Sharma and Mahanta.

The state police had formed the SIT led by Special Director General of Police MP Gupta to investigate Garg’s death.

On Thursday, protesters threw stones at police vehicles outside Sharma’s house, after which the security personnel conducted a lathi-charge, The Indian Express reported.

The SIT detained musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, who was present during the yacht trip, for questioning. The allegations against Goswami, if any, were unclear, India Today reported.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the police’s Criminal Investigation Department will interrogate Mahanta and others who were with Garg in Singapore.

“If the Assam CID is unable to unearth all the facts, we will approach the [Central Bureau of Investigation],” Sarma said.

“By every possible means, we will uncover the truth...

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