Overview

• Zubeen Garg was cremated at Kamarkuchi with full state honours as lakhs of mourners joined a procession that drew top state and Union leaders.
• A second post-mortem was conducted at Gauhati Medical College in the presence of AIIMS doctors after Singapore authorities initially certified drowning; the final Singapore report is awaited.
• The Assam government began securing the cremation site for a planned memorial on the 10-bigha plot and announced a separate memorial in Jorhat, with boundary work and a police camp underway.
• Ashes were handed to his wife at the site, and the Cultural Affairs Department will launch a portal for organisations to apply for portions, with individual applications considered based on availability.
• Public pressure for transparency intensified as AASU demanded an impartial investigation and a Guwahati FIR sought a detailed probe into alleged negligence and financial irregularities involving associates.