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Popular singer Zubeen Garg passed away in a tragic scuba diving accident in Singapore on September 19. The Ya Ali singer died ahead of his performance at the North East Festival in the country. He was supposed to perform at the festival on September 20 and 21. It was reported that the singer was succumbed to injuries during a scuba diving accident. A couple of post-mortems have been done on Garg. The second post-mortem was completed at the Guwahati Medical College & Hospital and in the presence of AIIMS doctors, confirmed Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Divya Pate.

As per a report by ANI, Zubeen Garg’s corpse was brought back to Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex for the last tribute ahead of the final rites in Kamarakuchi, Sonapur. On Monday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his the autopsy would be carried out in Guwahati as per were demanding it. He then said, “People have demanded a post-mortem of Zubeen Garg's body in Assam as well. While the post-mortem was done in Singapore, since this morning, people have been demanding that another post-mortem be conducted here in Assam. Pabitra Margherita (Union MoS) discussed this with Zubeen Garg's wife, Garima Saikia Garg.”

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Meanwhile, the preparations of last rites are underway at the Kamarkuchi village in Sonapur.  Zubeen Garg will be given full state honours where he will be laid to rest on a 10-bigha plot beside the National Highway. People in large numbers have gathered at the site to bid one last goodbye to the singer.

CM Biswas in a tweet shared that he visited the cremation ground on Monday night and inspected the preparations. He tweeted, “Ahead of the final goodbye to Zubeen, I inspected the cremation site and took stock of the preparations.”

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Thousands of emotional fans gathered at the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex to pay their last respects to the Assamese singer. His sudden death created a shockwave in the country especially among his fans.