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Singapore Coroner Hears Zubeen Garg Drowned After Refusing Life Jacket While Severely Intoxicated

The fact-finding hearing opened with police saying evidence points to accidental drowning rather than foul play.

Overview

  • Assistant Superintendent David Lim testified that Garg removed an initial life jacket, declined a smaller one, swam toward Lazarus Island, then became motionless before being pulled back aboard.
  • Videos played in court showed him removing the life jacket and struggling to reboard, while witness statements said he was not pushed and had no suicidal tendencies.
  • An autopsy found drowning as the cause of death and noted injuries consistent with rescue and CPR; toxicology recorded a blood alcohol level of 333 mg per 100 ml.
  • Medications for hypertension and epilepsy were detected with no other drugs found, and it remains unclear whether he took his epilepsy medicine that day.
  • Police said they do not suspect foul play as the coroner’s inquiry proceeds with 35 witnesses, while a separate Assam SIT chargesheet in India accuses several individuals of murder.