NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that state icon and celebrated singer Zubeen Garg was “murdered,” at the same time as investigations into the case stay underway. Garg died underneath mysterious circumstances whereas swimming within the sea in Singapore on September 19. He had travelled there to attend the fourth version of the North East India Competition (NEIF).
“I’m not calling it an accident. The charge-sheet on this homicide case have to be submitted by December 17, however I’ve set a goal to file it by December 8. We’re prepared now,” Sarma informed reporters, in response to information company PTI.The chief minister, nevertheless, didn’t disclose what prompted investigators to categorise the case as homicide. A Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) underneath the Prison Investigation Division (CID) of the Assam Police is probing Garg’s dying after greater than 60 FIRs have been lodged throughout the state. In the meantime, Sarma added that he had met Union house minister Amit Shah to hunt expedited approval to file a charge-sheet within the case, as Ministry of Residence Affairs’ (MHA) permission is required to file a charge-sheet in incidents that happen overseas.“Yesterday, I met the Union house minister to fast-track the method. The SIT will method the MHA inside the subsequent three to 4 days to hunt the required clearance earlier than submitting the charge-sheet,” he said. When requested whether or not the Assam authorities had prolonged any monetary help to the NEIF, Sarma replied it had not. These arrested in reference to the case embody NEIF chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Garg’s supervisor Siddharth Sharma, and two band members — Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amrit Prabha Mahanta. The singer’s cousin, Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg, was later taken into custody as properly.Two of Garg’s private safety officers, Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya, have been additionally arrested after police uncovered alleged monetary transactions value over Rs 1.1 crore of their accounts. All seven accused are at the moment in judicial custody and have been booked underneath varied sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for homicide, culpable murder not amounting to homicide, felony conspiracy, and inflicting dying by negligence.