Guwahati: The Assam Police on Saturday handed over the second post-mortem report of singer Zubeen Garg to his wife, Garima Saikia Garg, as the state’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) intensified its probe into the circumstances surrounding his death in Singapore last month.
An officer from the CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) personally delivered the report at Garima’s residence in Kahilipara in Guwahati.
The second post-mortem of Garg was conducted at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on September 23, before his cremation later that day.
After the post-mortem at GMCH, the viscera sample was sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory (CFL) in Delhi for a detailed examination.
The report of the first post-mortem, which was conducted in Singapore, was given to her on Thursday.
A nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CID is currently probing the death of the singer in Singapore in September 19.
Notably, the Assam government has also set up a one-man judicial commission to investigate the case.
Additional Superintendent of Police (CID) and SIT member Moramee Das confirmed that statements from both Garima Saikia Garg and Garg’s younger sister, Dr Palmi Borthakur, had been formally recorded earlier in the day.
“I have taken the statements of both Palmi Borthakur and Garima Saikia Garg. However, I cannot disclose the contents at this stage. You have to understand the investigation protocol,” Das said.
Zubeen Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore while swimming in the sea.
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He had gone to Singapore to attend the 4th edition of the NorthEast India Festival, organised by Shyamkanu Mahanta and his company.
Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma and two band members – Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta – have been arrested in the case and sent to 14 days of police remand.
