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Zubeen Garg Death Mystery: Manager, Festival Chief Organiser Arrested ; Sent To 14-Day Custody
The duo has been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence, a senior police officer said.
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Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma and festival chief organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta were arrested from Delhi in connection with the singer’s death in Singapore last month, the Assam Police said.
According to various media reports , The duo has been booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal conspiracy and causing death by negligence, a senior police officer said.
The CID also initiated a separate probe against Mahanta for allegedly being involved in financial crimes and acquiring benami properties by ‘money laundering’.
An FIR was lodged after the CID’s special investigation team, probing into the singer’s death, raided Mahanta’s residence and seized several documents.
Soon after their arrest, they were brought to Guwahati and produced before the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court, which remanded them to 14-day police custody.
Since courts are closed for Durga Puja, the hearing took place at the residence of the judge.