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Zubeen Garg Death Row: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said he would recommend the death of cultural icon Zubeen Garg in the Singapore case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if the people of Assam feel that the SIT has failed to investigate the case properly.

Sarma said, "If the people of Assam feel that the SIT has failed to investigate this properly, then we will be ready to transfer the case to CBI. The SIT will have full freedom to investigate the case with complete professional integrity. We will have to wait for some time; all people who were present in Singapore, along with Zubeen Garg, will be questioned."

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 Assam CM Orders Assam DGP To Form SIT To Probe Zubeen Garg's Death

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the chief minister said he has asked the state's director general of police to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the untimely death of Zubeen Garg in Singapore last week.

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60 FIRs Lodged Across Assam

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police has been currently probing the case after more than 60 FIRs have been lodged across the state against organisers of the Northeast India Festival, where the singer had gone to perform at the cultural event.

"In regard to the untimely death of our beloved Zubeen Garg, we will not spare anyone. Today, I had a meeting with the @DGPAssamPolice and the ADGP, CID, along with senior officers, including the Chief Secretary, Assam," Sarma said.

In a post on X, the chief minister said, "I have instructed the DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) with the best officers of Assam Police. The viscera samples will be sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory (CFL), Delhi, for a detailed examination."

The SIT will have full freedom to investigate the case with complete professional integrity, he added.

The state authorities conducted a second postmortem of the singer's body at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), before cremation on the outskirts of Guwahati with full state honours on Tuesday. Mourning Zubeen fans had demanded a second postmortem to ascertain the cause of the death. Zubeen died on September 19 while swimming in the sea in Singapore. The popular singer was cremated on the outskirts of Guwahati with full state honours on Tuesday.
(With agencies' inputs)