The Assam Police on Thursday arrested two musicians who were in Singapore with singer Zubeen Garg when he drowned to death during a yacht trip, reported The Indian Express .

Garg, a popular Assamese singer, died on September 19 , a day before he was scheduled to perform at the North East India Festival.

The event had been organised by the Indian government and the Indian High Commission in Singapore, with support from the Assam Association and the North East India Association in the country.

Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta, who were arrested on Thursday, were also due to perform at the festival.

The arrests came hours after the Assam Police charged Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma and North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta under the Bharatiya Nyay

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