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Even aft the transition of a period aft the decease of taste icon Zubeen Garg, radical of Assam continued to mourn the loss, seeking answers connected the last moments of the singer.
Garg died portion swimming successful the oversea successful Singapore connected Sunday (September 19, 2025).
Garg's wife, Garima Saikia Garg, said the family, on with the radical of the State, is waiting to cognize what happened successful his last moments, and expressed religion successful the ineligible strategy to unravel the truth.
Hundreds thronged Garg's cremation tract astatine Sonapur, connected the outskirts of Guwahati, since Sunday (October 19, 2025) morning, paying tributes to their beloved singer-composer.
Fans and friends of the singer-composer besides visited his residence astatine the Kahilipara country of the metropolis and his workplace successful Zoo Road country to beryllium with his household and articulation them successful remembering him.
A 10-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the State police's CID is probing his death, with 7 persons being arrested truthful far.
Singapore Police is besides conducting its investigation, with SIT officers from Assam acceptable to sojourn the Southeast Asian Nation arsenic portion of its ain probe.
Vedic rituals related to the juncture were organised by the household astatine his studio, with Garg's father, wife, sister and others joining it.
Speaking to reporters extracurricular the studio, Ms. Garima said, "The workplace was beloved to him. Since the archetypal rituals were performed astatine our residence and Jorhat, we decided to execute the Vedic rituals connected completion of 1 period here."
Asked for her remark connected the constabulary probe into Garg's death, she said, "We person religion successful the investigation. Whom bash we spot if not our ain ineligible system? Zubeen was a straightforward person, and we privation a straightforward investigation."
"We are each waiting peacefully to cognize what happened. People of Assam are waiting to cognize what happened successful his past moments," Ms. Garima added.
Italian opera vocalist Gioconda Vessichelli, with whom Garg had collaborated for his yet-to-be-released movie, besides reached Guwahati to wage tributes to the taste icon.
"Zubeen da utilized to accidental that she [Ms. Garima] is his tigress, who stood by him successful bully and atrocious times. And helium was right," Singer Vessichelli said, lasting alongside Ms. Garima.
She recalled her earlier sojourn to Guwahati to sprout with Garg, erstwhile she came into interaction with his family.
"There is truthful overmuch emotion successful the family. I consciousness Zubeen da is here. I already consciousness the gods person done justness to Zubeen Garg," Ms. Vessichelli added, referring to lakhs of radical coming retired to wage their past respects to Garg's mortal remains and participating successful his funeral procession.
Fans came successful backstage cars and buses to beryllium astatine the last resting tract of Garg, which has been drafting visitors by the 1000 for the past month.
“We booked 2 buses and are a radical of implicit 100 people. We wanted to beryllium present with Zubeen da and wage our homage,” said a pistillate who had travel from Boko successful Kamrup district.
Another radical of women from West Karbi Anglong territory arrived with a framed photograph of Garg arsenic a people of their past respect.
People brought 'gamosas' (Assamese scarf) with lyrics of his songs written, his photographs, and different items, too lighting earthen lamps and incense sticks, successful beforehand of his cremation site.
Fans raised slogans similar 'Joi Zubeen' and 'Justice for Zubeen' astatine the site. 'Naam' (Vasihnavite supplication songs) were performed astatine the tract by radical from antithetic places, with programmes featuring Garg's songs and others lined up for the day.
