Guwahati: A Guwahati court on Wednesday sent five of the seven accused arrested in connection with the death of Assam singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore last month to judicial custody after their police remand ended.
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Baloram Kshetri, sent accused Shyamkanu Mahanta, chief organiser of North East India Festival (NEIF); Zubeen’s manager Siddhartha Sharma, his cousin and police officer Sandipan Garg and his personal security officers (PSOs) Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya to judicial custody.
All five accused have been sent to 14 days judicial custody. None of the five accused filed bail application in court.
All five will be taken to a newly constructed prison in Baksa district located around 100km away from Guwahati.
Government advocate Pradip Konwar said, “14 days of judicial custody has been granted from the CJM court, and 5 people will be sent to jail directly.”
They were arrested earlier this month by the special investigation team (SIT) of Assam police’s criminal investigation department (CID) for their alleged involvement in Garg’s death on September 19 while swimming in the sea in Singapore.
“Five accused were produced in court on Wednesday following expiry of their police remand. The police remand of Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddharth Sharma, which was the maximum period of 14 days, is already over and they will be sent to judicial custody,” special DGP (CID) and head of the 10-member SIT, MP Gupta said.
Mahanta was the organiser of an event in Singapore which Garg had gone to attend. Sharma and Sandipan were present at the scene when Garg died while Mahanta was also in Singapore in connection with the event, but was away when the incident happened.
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Baishya and Bora, are Assam police constables who were assigned for Garg’s security. They have been accused of mishandling the singer’s money through their bank accounts.
