{"id":21306,"date":"2025-12-19T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21306"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:23:36","slug":"death-of-indian-singer-zubeen-garg-police-say-investigations-still-ongoing-no-foul-play-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21306","title":{"rendered":"Death of Indian singer Zubeen Garg: Police say investigations still ongoing, no foul play suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> The Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Dec 18 clarified that investigations into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/south-asia\/indian-singer-zubeen-garg-dies-after-scuba-diving-accident-in-singapore?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg<\/p>\n<p><\/a> are still ongoing, after Indian media reported that four people have been charged with murder in relation to the case. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Garg died under mysterious circumstances on Sept 19 in Singapore. He was in the country at the time to attend the North East India Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said they are aware of online speculation regarding the circumstances of Garg\u2019s death, and that the media in India has reported that a Special Investigation Team in India has charged four people over the murder of Garg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe case is currently still being investigated by the SPF, in accordance with the Singapore Coroners Act 2010. Based on our investigations so far, the SPF does not suspect foul play in the death of Mr Garg,\u201d said the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Upon completion of police investigations, the findings will be submitted to the State Coroner in Singapore, who will hold a coroner\u2019s inquiry, which is scheduled for January and February 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The inquiry is a fact-finding process led by the coroner to establish the cause and circumstances of death. Its findings will be made public upon conclusion, added the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe SPF is committed to conducting a thorough and professional investigation into the case. We seek the patience and understanding of the parties involved,\u201d said the police. \u201cMeanwhile, we urge the public not to speculate and spread unverified information.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for India\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">India<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Crime\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Crime<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Performing artists\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Performing artists<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/zubeen-gargs-death-police-do-not-suspect-foul-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 The Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Dec 18 clarified that investigations into the\u00a0 death of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg are still ongoing, after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}