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Singer Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea.
Left: Late actor Zubeen Garg; Right: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Amid the ongoing probe into singer Zubeen Garg’s death, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the state police cannot travel to Singapore to conduct the investigation.
Speaking to reporters after meeting Garg’s family, Sarma said that Assam Police will not be able to “join the dots” if the Assamese people, who were present on the yacht at the time of Garg’s death in the Southeast Asian nation, do not join the probe.
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“Our entire concern now is whether the people living in Singapore will come or not. If they do not come, we will not be able to complete the inquiry. They were the main people behind the yacht trip,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Assam Chief Minister on Monday stated that barring one, seven others present with singer Zubeen Garg during his last moments in Singapore were yet to respond to the CID summons.
Sarma said that Rupkamal Kalita, who was present on the yacht when Garg died, has responded to the summons of the SIT probing into his death.
Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea. He had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to attend the 4th edition of the North East India Festival, organised by Shyamkanu Mahanta and his company.
“Assam Police cannot go to Singapore, so it cannot take up the investigation there. They are in Singapore, and it is not under my jurisdiction. Unless they come there, nobody will be able to join the dots,” Sarma said.
The state CID is currently probing the case of Garg’s death after more than 60 FIRs have been lodged across the state against Shyamkanu Mahanta, the chief organiser of the North East India Festival, where the singer had gone to perform, and almost 10 others, including his manager Siddharth Sharma and band members Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta.
Already, these four people have been arrested in the case and sent to 14 days of police remand each.
When asked about reports of Garg’s drummer, Goswami’s claim before the police that the singer was poisoned, the Chief Minister said that many things will be spoken about during the course of the investigation.
“On October 10, the viscera report will come. So, we will come to know on October 11 what actually happened. But the police’s duty is to note everything in the case diary.
(With agency inputs)
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