Zubeen Garg's Family Files Complaint With Assam CID, Seeks Probe Into His Death
A SIT team visited Garg’s residence at the Kahilipara area of Guwahati on Sunday.
The family of Assam's cultural icon Zubeen Garg filed a complaint with the state CID over his death by drowning in Singapore, seeking a thorough probe into the incident.
Garg's uncle Manoj Kumar Borthakur, a signatory in the complaint, told PTI 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.
Garg's wife, Garima, and his sister Palme Borthakur, are the other signatories.
A senior police officer said, "We have received a complaint from Garg's family and are examining it."
He said 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.
A SIT team visited Garg’s residence at the Kahilipara area of Guwahati on Sunday, he said.
"We needed to ask certain things, and our officers met the family. Their statements are being recorded," he added.
Part of the 10-member SIT, the officer spent about 30 minutes with the family members of Garg. The officer, however, did not reveal any details of the visit.
Meanwhile, three close associates of Garg, actor Nishita Goswami, singer Amritprava Mahanta and musician Shekharjyoti Goswami appeared at the CID office here for the second consecutive day. All of them were on the Singapore trip, with Goswami being present with Garg during the incident. Their statements were also recorded by the investigators on Saturday.
Allegations of conspiracy and foul play behind Garg’s death have been raised, with the government forming the SIT to probe all angles.
The SIT has issued notices to 10 people, including Mahanta, Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma and members of the Singapore Assam Association, to appear before it and record their statements.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said on Saturday that lookout notices through the Interpol have been issued against Mahanta and Sharma so that they cannot leave the country.
He also asked them to appear before the CID on October 6, after the Durga Puja.
Sarma had also said that the case could be handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if the SIT failed to reveal the truth.
