The Special Investigation Team of the Assam Police on Thursday conducted searches at the homes of late singer Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddhartha Sharma and Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the Northeast India Festival, the Hindustan Times reported.

Garg, a popular Assamese singer, died on September 19 in Singapore. He died during a yacht trip , a day before he was to perform at the festival organised by Mahanta.

A death certificate issued by the Singaporean authorities on September 20 stated the cause of Garg’s death as drowning. He was cremated near Guwahati with state honours and a 21-gun salute on Tuesday.

After Garg’s death, more than 50 first information reports were filed against Sharma and Mahanta.

The state police had formed the SIT led by Special Direc

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