Overview

• Deputy Superintendent of Police Sandipan Garg, the singer’s cousin who was on the Singapore yacht, was arrested after interrogation and sent to 14 days of police custody.
• Two personal security officers identified as Baishya and Nandeswar Bora were suspended after the SIT detected large bank transactions and found their explanations unsatisfactory.
• Officials said deposits exceeding Rs 1 crore were found in the PSOs’ accounts, with one report citing roughly Rs 70 lakh and Rs 40 lakh routed over months, much of it allegedly via G-Pay.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department have been asked to examine the financial angle.
• Four others were earlier arrested, including organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Siddharth Sharma, with charges expanded from culpable homicide to include murder as the inquiry progressed.