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Assam Cremates Zubeen Garg With State Honours as Second Autopsy and CID Probe Advance

Authorities ordered a CID investigation to address public calls for transparency, seeking Singapore’s autopsy report.

Zubeen Garg lost his life in a scuba diving accident in Singapore on 19 September.
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Zubeen Garg died in a scuba diving accident in Singapore on Friday.
Fans gather to pay their respect to musician Zubeen Garg at Jalukbari in Guwahati

Overview

  • Zubeen Garg was laid to rest at Kamarkuchi near Guwahati with full state honours, with Assam Police serving as pallbearers and offering a gun salute.
  • The Gauhati Medical College & Hospital conducted a second post-mortem in the presence of AIIMS-Guwahati doctors after a non-invasive procedure in Singapore that cited drowning.
  • The Assam government asked the state CID to club and investigate dozens of FIRs filed against the North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma.
  • Unprecedented crowds queued in Guwahati to pay respects, and the North East India Festival was cancelled following the singer’s death in Singapore.
  • Officials announced plans for memorials at the cremation site in Kamarkuchi and in Jorhat as mourners across Assam paid tribute to the cultural icon.