Guwahati: The family of late legendary singer Zubeen Garg filed a complaint with the Assam CID over his death by alleged drowning in Singapore, seeking a thorough probe into the incident.
Zubeen’s wife Garima Saikia, his sister Palme Borthakur and his uncle Manoj Kumar Borthakur are the signatories in the complaint.
Manoj Kumar Borthakur, a signatory in the complaint, said that they had sent it to the CID through email on Saturday.
“We want a thorough probe into the circumstances of his death,” he said.
Members of a Special Investigation Team of Assam’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) visited the residence of Zubeen Garg in Guwahati’s Kahilipara on Sunday (September 28, 2025), less than a day after the Assamese cultural icon’s family filed a complaint linked to his death.
An officer of the probe team said they visited the late Garg’s residence to record the statements of his family members.
“We have received a complaint from Garg’s family and are examining it,” he said.
He added that the Special Investigating Team (SIT) of CID is already probing the incidents surrounding the death of the singer-composer on September 19 in Singapore, and the complaint filed by the family will be taken up with it.
On September 25, the SIT and CID teams conducted raids at the houses of Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma, musician Sekhar Jyoti Goswami, and the main organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, Shyamkanu Mahanta. They seized several items, including a pen drive, a hard disk, a computer CPU, documents, and other items.
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The look-out notices were also issued against Shyamkanu and Siddharth in connection with Zubeen’s death. Both of them have been directed to appear before the CID office in Guwahati by October 6. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma warned that if they fail to comply, the state police will take necessary steps to bring them back.
