Guwahati: Two personal security officers (PSOs) of late singer Zubeen Garg were arrested on Friday (October 10) in connection with the singer’s death in Singapore last month, an official said.
The security officials have been identified as Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya, who were engaged with Zubeen Garg as PSOs for a long time.
The duo was suspended by the Assam Police on Tuesday after multiple rounds of questioning.
Financial transactions running into several lakhs of rupees were done through their bank accounts, raising suspicion.
Investigators found over Rs 1.1 crore in transactions linked to the two men — with Bora’s account showing Rs 70 lakh, and Baishya’s around Rs 40-45 lakh. Both amounts, police say, are far beyond their known sources of income.
The duo was produced in the CJM court shortly after the arrest, following which they were remanded to five-day police custody.
According to sources, Zubeen had used the PSOs’ bank accounts to store and distribute his money, much of which he reportedly gave away for charitable causes. Both officers were repeatedly questioned by the SIT in recent weeks before being formally arrested on Friday.
Both Bora and Baishya were assigned by the Assam Police after the singer received death threats from the banned militant group ULFA nearly a decade ago.
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