Assam may seek CBI investigation into Zubeen Garg's death: CM Sarma
Silchar, Sept. 26 -- The Assam government will recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, if the ongoing probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was found unsatisfactory, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday.
"We have to keep patience and let the SIT investigate. We will wait for their report and if this turns out to be unsatisfactory, we can definitely go for a CBI enquiry. But for now, I would suggest all Zubeen fans to have patience," Sarma said, appealing the people not to spread rumours on social media as it could "hamper the probe".
The state government on Wednesday constituted a 10-member SIT under CID Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta to probe the circumstances that led to Garg's death in Singapore earlier this week. The SIT has been directed to prepare a detailed report for judicial examination, Sarma said.
Garg was to take part in the North East Festival, organised by Syamkanu Mahanta, in Singapore on September 20. But a day prior to that, he along with some associates and Assamese people residing in Singapore went out to sea in a yacht. The 52-year-old singer was swimming when he is believed to have suffered a bout of epileptic seizure and died.
According to the death certificate issued by a Singapore hospital, Garg died of drowning. An additional autopsy was carried out at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on September 23, but the report is still awaited.
More than 50 FIRs have been lodged by different people across Assam against Mahanta, Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma, Guwahati-based media owner Sanjiv Narain, and Sekhar Jyoti Goswami, a close associate of Mahanta....
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