Zubeen Garg's bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami claims singer's manager, festival organiser may have poisoned him: 'He was an expert swimmer'

Zubeen Garg’s sudden demise has sent shockwaves across the country. While the investigation into his death is underway, the singer’s band member and the key witness, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, has shared shocking details about Zubeen’s death and accused manager Siddharth Sharma and event organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta of poisoning the singer.

He also alleged that the foreign location was chosen to cover up the act. The band member also shared that Zubeen was an ‘expert swimmer’, suggesting he could not have drowned naturally and accused Sharma of suppressing the evidence by instructing Goswami not to share the footage of the Yacht incident.

The Assam government has set up a one-man judicial commission to probe the death of singer-composer Zubeen Garg, an official order said.

The commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Gauhati High Court, will submit its report within six months, the order issued by the Political Department stated.

The order was shared on X by the Chief Minister’s Office late on Friday.

The commission will probe into the “facts and circumstances” leading to the death of Garg in Singapore on September 19, it said.

The one-member panel will also investigate if there were any lapses, acts of omission or commission, or negligence on the part of any individual, authority or institution in connection with the popular singer’s demise, the notification said.

Besides, it will “ascertain whether any external factors, including the possibility of foul play, conspiracy, or unlawful acts, contributed to or were connected with the incident”.

Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore while swimming in the sea. He had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to attend the 4th edition of the NorthEast India Festival, organised by Shyamkanu Mahanta and his company.

The Assam CID is currently probing Garg’s death, after more than 60 FIRs were lodged across the state against Mahanta and around 10 others, including the singer’s manager Siddharth Sharma, and band members Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta.

The festival organiser, Garg’s manager and the two band members have been arrested in the case and sent to 14 days of police remand.

With inputs from PTI