Two personal security officers (PSOs) of late singer Zubeen Garg were arrested on Friday in connection with his death in Singapore last month, an official said.

The two — Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya — who had been deputed by the government as part of Garg’s security detail, were suspended by the Assam Police on Tuesday after multiple rounds of questioning, the official added.

Financial transactions amounting to over Rs 1.1 crore through their bank accounts were detected during the probe, raising suspicions, he said. The duo were produced before a local court, which remanded them to five days’ CID custody, he added.

Zubeen’s wife, Garima Saikia Garg, had on Thursday stated that her husband had given some money to his PSOs for social work.

The arrested officers had been with the si

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