Shyamkanu Mahanta, organiser of the North East Music Festival in Singapore, and Siddharth Sharma, manager of singer Zubeen Garg, were sent to 14 days’ police custody by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Kamrup on Wednesday in connection with the death of the singer.

Earlier in the day, Assam Police arrested Shyamkanu and Sidhartha Sharma in relation to the death of the iconic singer.

The 52-year-old Assamese music icon died on September 19 following a scuba diving accident in Singapore. His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later transported to Guwahati on September 21 by a commercial flight.

Meanwhile, Assamese actress Nishita Goswami and Zubeen Garg’s co-musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, on September 27, appeared before the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Assam P

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