India, Oct. 15 -- 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.

The court of chief judicial magistrate of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Baloram Kshetri, sent accused Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Sandipan Garg, Paresh Baishya and Nandeswar Bora to judicial custody following expiry of their police remand.

All five accused have been sent to 14 days judicial custody.

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.

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