Overview

• The Assamese singer developed breathing difficulties while scuba diving, was pulled from the sea, given CPR, and declared dead around 2:30 pm IST at Singapore General Hospital.
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Singapore’s post-mortem is underway and that authorities will hand over the mortal remains to Indian officials for the journey home.
• The Assam government plans a public homage in Guwahati at Sarusajai, with the state coordinating closely with India’s High Commission in Singapore on logistics.
• Organisers cancelled the North East India Festival in Singapore, where he had been scheduled to perform as a cultural ambassador.
• Tributes flowed from leaders and artists — including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Papon and Pritam — as a video said to show him entering the water and a claim of an unplanned yacht visit were reported and are being clarified.