India, Oct. 2 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) branch of Assam Police has added murder charges to the first information report (FIR) registered in the death of singer Zubeen Garg, who passed away on September 19 in Singapore, said the Special Director General of Police (SDGP), CID Assam, Munna Prasad Gupta on Thursday.

The new offence was added following interrogation of festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma, who were arrested on Wednesday and brought to Guwahati.

Zubeen Garg had travelled to Singapore to take part in the North East India Festival (NEIF) organised by Mahanta.

Gupta, who is leading the 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the singer's death, said that a poli...