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**Summary:**

Five individuals, including the chief organizer of the North East India Festival, Zubeen Garg’s manager, his cousin (a police officer), and his personal security officers, have been remanded to judicial custody in connection to the death of the singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore last month. The accused have been booked under charges including culpable homicide. There is concern for their safety, so they have been moved to a newly-opened jail with no other inmates. Multiple arrests have been made including two of his band members and a separate probe has been initiated against the festival organizer for financial crimes. The Assam government has formed an SIT to investigate the circumstances surrounding Garg’s death, and multiple FIRs have been consolidated for a thorough investigation by the CID.

**News Article:**

**Zubeen Garg Death: Five Remanded to Judicial Custody, Moved to New Jail For Safety**

**Guwahati, October 15, 2025** – Five individuals arrested in connection with the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore last month have been remanded to judicial custody, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Those remanded include Shyamkanu Mahanta, chief organizer of the North East India Festival (NEIF); Siddhartha Sharma, Zubeen Garg’s manager; Sandipan Garg, the singer’s cousin and a Deputy Superintendent of Police; and the singer’s personal security officers (PSOs) Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya.

The Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate ordered the judicial custody after the suspects’ police remand ended. Citing concerns for the safety of the accused, the court directed that they be held in a jail with a minimal prison population. Authorities have subsequently moved all five to Baksa Jail at Mussalpur, a facility that was inaugurated two months ago and currently has no other inmates.

Mahanta and Sharma were initially apprehended on October 1st in Delhi and were booked under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including culpable homicide not amounting to murder and criminal conspiracy. Zubeen’s cousin and Assam Police DSP Sandipan Garg was arrested on October 8, while the PSOs were arrested on October 10. In addition, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta, band members of Zubeen, were also arrested on the third of October.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched a separate investigation into Shyamkanu Mahanta regarding alleged financial irregularities and the acquisition of “benami” properties through money laundering.

The Assam government formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate Zubeen Garg’s death, which occurred on September 19th in Singapore under suspicious circumstances. Following a multitude of FIRs filed across the state, the Chief Minister directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to consolidate all cases and assign them to the CID for a comprehensive probe.

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