The Singapore Police Force on Wednesday told The Straits Times that it had sent the Indian High Commission a copy of singer Zubeen Garg’s autopsy report and preliminary findings on his death during a yacht trip in Singapore on September 19.

The force, which comes under the country’s Ministry of Home Affairs, had earlier ruled out foul play, the newspaper reported.

Garg, a popular Assamese singer, died a day before he was scheduled to perform at the North East India Festival in Singapore.

The event had been organised by the government of India and the Indian High Commission in Singapore, with support from the Assam Association and the North East India Association in that country.

A death certificate issued by the Singaporean authorities on September 20 stated the cause of Garg’s death as drowning.

However, more than 50 first information reports were filed against Garg’s manager, Siddhartha Sharma, and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta after his death.

The state police had also formed a Special Investigation Team, headed by Special Director General of Police MP Gupta, to probe the case lodged by its Criminal Investigation Department.

Sharma and Mahanta were arrested on Wednesday.

On Thursday, Gupta told The Indian Express that a murder charge has been added to the case.

Earlier, the two were booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita pertaining to criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and causing death by negligence.

They were remanded to 14 days’ police custody by the Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate.

Both Mahanta and Sharma had earlier issued statements on social media saying that they were avoiding returning to Assam out of concern for their safety. Mahanta and his team had stated that they had “no prior knowledge” of Garg taking the yacht trip.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had also said that Mahanta’s bank accounts were frozen and that a separate investigation was underway into his alleged involvement in organised financial crimes.

On Tuesday, Sarma stated that the Centre had written to the Singapore government, seeking cooperation in the investigation into Garg’s death under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between the two countries.

The treaty allows both countries to share evidence, documents and investigative support in criminal cases.

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