Guwahati: In a dramatic turn in the investigation into singer Zubeen Garg’s death, Assam Police Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sandipan Garg, who is also the late singer’s cousin, has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Garg was taken into custody after hours of questioning and was produced before a Kamrup court, which remanded him to seven days of police custody. The SIT had sought 14 days’ remand for further interrogation.
Sandipan Garg was reportedly present on the Singapore yacht from which the 52-year-old singer went missing before being found dead in September. His arrest marks the fifth in the case, following those of Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma, event organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, and singer Amritprava Mahanta. All ha