GUWAHATI, Oct 8: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the chargesheet in the investigation into the death of singer Zubeen Garg will be submitted within the stipulated period of three months.
The Assam government will “definitely ensure justice to him”, Sarma asserted.
“The inquiry is proceeding on expected lines. We have made one arrest after the other, and I am sure that the Assam Police will submit the chargesheet within the stipulated time frame,” he said on the sidelines of a programme in Dibrugarh.
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“We are duty-bound to provide justice to him and we will not spare anybody in that context,” he said.
All the accused will be taken to court, and usually a time of three months is given to submit the chargesheet, the CM said.
“We will not take more time than that to ensure that after the investigation, the court can give justice,” Sarma said.
There have been some issues as the Assam Association members in Singapore, who were with the singer during his last moments, have not come yet, barring one, though they have been summoned by the SIT, he said.
‘We are working on how to bring them back, and are making the necessary arrangements in this regard. We need to have patience and if we lose it, no one will get justice,’ the chief minister said.
On the Assam Police going to Singapore, Sarma said they cannot go to that country, “just like their police cannot come here to investigate” a case.
“We are, however, sure that the Singapore Police will help us. We do not need much, but the video footage of the hotel where he stayed, the yacht and the statements of the two persons who operated it,” he said.
The CM said he will meet the Singapore ambassador to India later in October and “considering the relationship that Assam has with that country, I am sure of getting their help”.
“The Singaporean authorities have already sent the forensic report, and it will not be difficult for us to submit the chargesheet,” he said.
Sarma said the investigation is progressing step by step, and if ‘we proceed in this manner without making any mistake, we will get justice’.
“We are emotional people, but let emotion stay in its own place and allow police to work according to its methodology. If we lose the case in court, people will accuse us that this happened as the police had hurried, not taking all aspects into consideration,” he said.
Five persons, including the celebrated singer’s cousin Sandipan Garg, his manager Siddhartha Sharma, musician Shekharjyoti Goswami, Singer Amritprava Mahanta and North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, have been arrested and are currently in police custody.
Zubeen Garg died in Singapore while swimming in the sea on September 19. (PTI)
