Singer Zubeen Garg was “poisoned” in Singapore and his manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta had “deliberately chosen a foreign venue to conceal their conspiracy”, the late singer’s bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami has alleged, according to official documents with the police.

Both Sharma and Shyamkanu Mahanta have been arrested by police as part of their probe into the death of the famous singer. Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta have also been arrested in the case.

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According to ‘Detailed Grounds of Arrest’ (remand note), Shekhar Jyoti Goswami alleged that a “conspiracy” was hatched “to portray his death as accidental”.

Zubeen Garg passed away in Singapore on September 19 after an alleged drowning incident. The singer was in

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