The Singapore Police reiterated on Thursday that it does not suspect any foul play in the death of singer Zubeen Garg based on its investigations so far.

Garg, a renowned Assamese singer, died on September 19 during a yacht trip in Singapore, a day before he was scheduled to perform at the North East India Festival there.

A death certificate issued by the authorities in the southeast Asian country on September 20 stated the cause of Garg’s death as drowning.

On October 17 too, the Singapore Police had said that it did not suspect foul play in the singer’s death following preliminary investigations into the matter.

The police said on Thursday that it is still investigating the case, and that once the process is complete, it will submit its findings to the State Coroner, a judicial officer. The officer will then hold a Coroner’s Inquiry, which is scheduled for January and February, the police added,

In Singapore, a Coroner’s Inquiry is a fact-finding process aimed at establishing the causes and circumstances of a person’s death.

The police statement acknowledged that on December 12, a Special Investigation Team in India filed a chargesheet in a Guwahati court, accusing four out of the seven arrested persons of murder.

The Singapore Police Force requested the patience and understanding of those involved and urged the public “not to speculate and spread unverified information”.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has repeatedly claimed that Garg’s death was not accidental but was a murder.

The event where the singer was scheduled to perform had been organised by the Indian government and the Indian High Commission in Singapore, with support from the Assam Association and the North East India Association in the country.

The four persons who have been charged for murder by the SIT are Shyamkanu Mahanta, who was the organiser of the North East India Festival, Garg’s manager Siddharatha Sharma and two musicians who were with the singer on the yacht – Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta.

Besides, Zubeen Garg’s cousin, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandipan Garg, who had travelled with him to Singapore, has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, while two of the singer’s personal security officers have been accused of criminal breach of trust.

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