Quoting Goswami, the note said Sharma forcibly took control of the yacht from its sailor, causing it to wobble dangerously in mid-sea, thereby endangering all passengers.
“He (Goswami) also revealed that Sharma instructed Tanmoy Phukan (NRI, member of Assam Association, Singapore) not to arrange drinks, claiming that he alone would provide them,” it added.
When Garg was frothing by the mouth and nose, Sharma dismissed it as acid reflux and assured others that there was nothing to worry about “instead of providing necessary medical facilities”, the remand note said.
“…he (Sharma) facilitated the early demise of Zubeen Garg,” it added.
Sharma has already been arrested along with Mahanta, Goswami and Garg’s co-singer Amrit Prabha Mahanta under various charges such as criminal conspiracy, murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
“Material evidence collected during investigation, including documentary records, financial transactions, and witness statements, prima facie establishes his (Sharma’s) culpability,” the ‘Detailed Grounds of Arrest’ said.
The report claimed that statements of Amrit Prabha and actress Nishita Goswami, who was also present in Singapore, corroborated that Sharma had facilitated Garg’s access to liquor and inappropriate company by arranging accommodation for the co-singer in the same room with the icon at Pan Pacific Hotel.
“The accused has failed to provide any satisfactory explanation regarding supply of liquor and women to the deceased prior to his death,” it alleged.
The CID is probing the case of Garg’s death after more than 60 FIRs have been lodged across the state against Mahanta and almost 10 others, including Sharma and band members Goswami and Amrit Prabha. All four have been arrested and sent to 14 days of police remand.
On Friday, the state government set up a one-man judicial commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of Gauhati High Court, to probe Garg’s death.
Garima said she had full confidence in the investigation to unearth the circumstances leading to the singer’s death.
“As the investigation is going on, I did not consider the post-mortem examination report as my personal document. So, I have returned it to the investigating officer,” she told reporters after CID Additional SP Moramee Das, who had come to hand her over the report, left her residence.
“I don’t know anything about law. Whether making it public will hamper the ongoing probe, I don’t know. That is why I have returned the report. If it can be made public, then you will get it from them,” she added.
