Assam’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced on Friday that a judicial commission will be formed to probe the death of singer Zubeen Garg, with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax (I-T) Department likely to join the Assam Police in investigating alleged organised financial crimes by the singer’s event manager, Shyamkanu Mahanta, who has been named an accused in the death of Garg.
The Assam CM said in a Facebook Live that the judicial commission will be headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Guwahati High Court. He also asked people to come forward with any information related to Garg’s death.
“We will inform the commission tomorrow. Now, we request all the people who have any information or videos related to Zubeen Garg’s death to come forward and depose in front of the commission,” he stated.
“Now, those who had shared different information related to Zubeen’s death on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, it is their duty to submit affidavits in front of the commission.”
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There was public outcry for in-depth probe after Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea. He had flown to the country to attend the fourth edition of the North East India Festival which was organised by Mahanta and his company.
While four people have already been arrested in the case of Garg’s death that is being probed by the state CID, more than 60 FIRs have been lodged against Mahanta, and almost 10 others. The four arrested have been sent to 14 days of police remand each.
Sarma also said the government had handed over the report of the post-mortem examination done in Singapore to Zubeen’s wife, Garima, on Thursday.
The CM also asked members of the Assam Association of Singapore, who were accompanying the singer on the day of his death, to come forward and give their statement, adding that otherwise, the government will have to take action against them.
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