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Singapore Inquest Details How Zubeen Garg Drowned After Refusing Life Jacket

Police testimony describes severe intoxication.

Overview

  • He entered the water near Lazarus Island without a life jacket after first removing an oversized vest and declining a smaller one repeatedly offered to him.
  • Toxicology presented in court recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 333 mg/100ml, far above Singapore’s 80 mg/100ml legal driving limit.
  • Witness videos and testimony described him going limp and face down before he was pulled aboard, given CPR, and taken to Singapore General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • The autopsy found drowning as the cause of death; a forensic pathologist said injuries were consistent with rescue efforts, with hypertension and epilepsy medications detected and no other drugs.
  • Singapore police reiterated no foul play is suspected, even as an Assam SIT has charged several associates with murder in India; the inquest lists 35 witnesses, with further hearings scheduled.