Guwahati: The Gauhati high court granted bail to suspended Assam police DSP Sandipon Garg, cousin of singer Zubeen Garg and one of the seven accused in his death case, making him the second accused to get bail after singer Amritprava Mahanta.However, Sandipon will continue to face trial in the case, which is being heard on a day-to-day basis by a special fast-track court.Special public prosecutor Z Kamar said, “The hearing in Sandipon Garg’s bail plea was completed on Tuesday. The court has granted bail to Sandipon; however, the grounds on which he has been granted the bail will be known once the court judgment comes out.”While the fast-track court framed murder charges against Amritprava, Sandipon is facing trial for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The high court has not yet uploaded its detailed order explaining the grounds for granting him bail.Sandipon was suspended from Assam Police on Oct 8 last year, the day he was arrested in connection with the case after seven days of questioning. He was serving as a DSP.He had accompanied Zubeen to Singapore on Sept 17 last year and was with the singer on the yacht when Zubeen died while swimming in the sea on Sept 19. The singer was scheduled to perform at the Northeast India Festival in Singapore on Sept 20.Sandipon has been lodged in Baksa district jail since Oct 15 along with other accused — Northeast India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Siddharth Sharma and the singer’s personal security officers Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya.Amritprava was granted bail on Oct 9. She had been lodged in Haflong sub-jail since Oct 17 last year along with Zubeen’s bandmate Shekharjyoti Goswami, who remains in jail.
