SIT seals drinking water unit owned by Zubeen Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma

The Special Investigation Team has sealed a packaged drinking water unit in connection with the inquiry into the death of Assam icon Zubeen Garg.

 

The facility, located in the Soigaon Industrial Development Centre, was targeted during an eight-hour search operation that resulted in its closure.

 

The factory, named Mahavir Aqua, was acquired approximately one year ago by Siddharth Sharma, the manager at the centre of the ongoing investigation. The unit has remained non-operational since its purchase and currently lacks a nameplate, according to investigators.

 

Siddharth Sharma managed Zubeen Garg and has been detained as part of police investigations into the singer's death. Sharma faces serious non-bailable charges, including criminal conspiracy, murder, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

 

The Zubeen Garg case unfolded rapidly after the singer's September death in Singapore. Zubeen, 52, a legendary figure in Assamese music and cinema, died on September 19 in a swimming accident in Singapore. However, subsequent investigations transformed what appeared to be a tragic accident into a complex criminal inquiry.

 

The Criminal Investigation Department announced it now has a "definite angle" in the case following the receipt of the viscera report from the Central Forensic Laboratory in Delhi. A substantial cash transaction of more than Rs 1 crore was discovered by the SIT in the bank accounts of two Zubeen Garg security personnel.