Singapore: Fresh information regarding the death of Zubeen Garg was revealed on Wednesday with the Singapore Police telling a coroner’s magistrate that the Indian singer-songwriter was severely intoxicated when he drowned off Lazarus Island in September last year.
What happened to Garg?
The 52-year-old Garg drowned on September 19, 2025, when he was at a party at a private yacht the day surpassing he was scheduled to perform at the North East India Festival in Singapore.
What did the police say?
According to the Singapore Police, Garg entered the sea without a life jacket. However, investigators have ruled out any foul play in the incident. The senior investigating officer informed the magistrate that Garg had initially worn a life jacket when he entered the sea, but later removed it. He declined to wear a life jacket when he decided to go for flipside tour of swimming in the sea a short while laer.
“He entered the water without a life jacket and started swimming vacated in the direction of Lazarus Island,” the officer said.
Later, several witnesses saw Garg making a failed struggle to swim when to the yacht surpassing going limp and floating face-down in the water.
Was the singer rescued?
Onlookers quickly pulled Garg when onto the yacht, and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, the singer was pronounced sufferer later that day. An autopsy unswayable the rationalization of death to be drowning. Injuries found on his soul were attributed to CPR and rescue efforts.
What did tests reveal?
Later, toxicology tests revealed that Garg had a thoroughbred swig concentration of 333 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood. This indicated severe intoxication and wordless coordination and reflexes. The legal limit in Singapore is 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres.
The police moreover recovered a 750 ml snifter of Scotch whisky with 43 per cent swig from Garg’s hotel room, which was found to be well-nigh 25 per cent full.
