SIT questions Zubeen Garg drummer; homes searched

GUWAHATI: An Assam constabulary SIT investigating the decease of vocalist Zubeen Garg questioned his drummer successful Guwahati and searched respective homes Thursday, arsenic main curate Himanta Biswa Sarma recapped his informing from six years agone that the euphony icon had agelong been exploited by those astir him."I person been saying that Zubeen is an asset, but a definite conception of radical tried to usage him for their idiosyncratic gain. In elemental words, I saw them exploiting him. I had personally told Zubeen this. This is the aforesaid radical the nationalist is questioning today. I had raised concerns six years ago," Sarma said.Garg, 52, drowned portion swimming successful Singapore connected Sept 19. Authorities determination issued a decease certificate citing drowning, but a nine-member SIT was formed aft a question of 55 FIRs and mounting nationalist outrage.Police said FIRs person been filed against 4 men: North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, who invited Garg to Singapore; his manager Siddharth Sarma, attached to a Mumbai-based endowment absorption firm; drummer Shekharjyoti Goswami; and businessman Sanjive Narain.SIT caput and peculiar DGP (CID) MP Gupta said Goswami, who was contiguous erstwhile Garg drowned, was questioned astatine his Guwahati residence. Searches were carried retired astatine the houses of Mahanta and Siddharth, though some were unavailable.

A assemblage gathered extracurricular Siddharth's flat and immoderate threw stones astatine constabulary vehicles.On Sept 20, the singer's woman Garima Saikia Garg had pleaded for withdrawal of each FIRs against Siddharth. "Please let Siddharth to beryllium portion of Zubeen's last journey. I petition everyone to acceptable speech antagonistic thoughts astir him. I volition request his enactment - without him, I cannot bash anything," she said. She credited him with caring for Garg during his 2020 epileptic seizure and the Covid lockdown, adjacent bringing him from Mumbai by autobus for treatment. He said Mahanta and Siddharth were not successful Guwahati, urged for calm and warned against mob justice. "If idiosyncratic wants instant justice, we volition look decision earlier court. Emotion volition not work. Anyone with leads whitethorn interaction CID. If SIT cannot unearth each facts, we volition manus it to CBI," helium said. Sarma said the authorities has barred Mahanta and associated groups from holding events, too urging Centre to chopped fiscal support.