Zubeen Garg's Personal Security Officers Arrested in Singer's Death Case

PTI,  October 10, 2025, Guwahati: Two personal security officers (PSOs) of Zubeen Garg were arrested on Friday in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month, an official said.

Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya, who were 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 worth over Rs 1.1 crore through their bank accounts were uncovered, raising suspicion. The two officers were produced before a local court, which remanded them to five days' CID custody, the official said.

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

The arrested PSOs had been with the singer for a long time, after being assigned to him by the Assam Police following a death threat from the banned militant group ULFA almost a decade ago.

So far, a total of seven people have been arrested in connection with the celebrated singer's death. Earlier, North East India Festival organizer Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's cousin Sandipan Garg, his manager Siddhartha Sharma, musician Shekharjyoti Goswami, and singer Amritprava Mahanta were arrested. Sandipan, an Assam Police Service officer, was suspended following his arrest.

Zubeen Garg died while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19. He had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to participate in the North Eas