The Assam Police on Wednesday arrested Zubeen Garg’s cousin , Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandipan Garg, who had travelled with him to Singapore, where the singer drowned during a yacht trip, reported The Indian Express .

Sandipan Garg is the fifth person to be arrested in the investigation being conducted into the singer’s death.

He was produced in a local court and remanded to 14 days’ police custody , NDTV reported.

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

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.

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