Guwahati: A cousin brother of singer Zubeen Garg, Sandipan, who is a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), was arrested by the SIT of Assam CID following questioning on Wednesday morning.

Sandipan, who was with Garg in the yacht during a party on the sea in Singapore on September 19, was questioned earlier too. The 52-year-old Garg died while swimming with his friends and associates during the yacht party.

Sandipan was arrested a day after Rup Kamal Kalita, an Assamese NRI based in Singapore, deposed before the SIT. Seven other NRIs, who were also summoned by the SIT, are yet to join the investigation.

This was the fifth arrest in connection with the sudden death of Zubeen, an incident that saw uproar and anger on the streets of Assam. Zubeen's fans, who had gathered to pay their last

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