The mortal remains of fashionable vocalist Zubeen Garg arrived astatine the airdrome successful Guwahati on Sunday (September 21, 2025) greeting arsenic thousands of fans gathered to invited the artiste backmost location 1 past time.
His wife, Garima Saikia Garg, and elder authorities authorities officials were astatine the airdrome to person the body. The mortal remains were taken retired of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport done the VIP exit successful a flower-bedecked ambulance.
Thousands of fans were heard singing his songs and shouting 'Jai Zubeen da' arsenic the convoy navigated done the assemblage extracurricular the airport. Wailing, 'Why Zubeen da, wherefore did you person to permission america truthful soon', they were seen holding cut-outs of the vocalist and the accepted Assamese 'gamosa' with the words 'Z G (Zubeen Garg) Forever' woven successful it.
Assam Director General of Police Harmeet Singh and Guwahati Police Commissioner Parthasarathi Mahanta were seen walking successful beforehand of the ambulance to wide the mode for the vehicle.
The singer's favourite vehicle, an unfastened jeep, which helium often utilized to question to venues wherever helium performed, was besides a portion of the convoy with his immense representation positioned successful the front. His squad of musicians was contiguous connected the vehicle.
People person reached Guwahati from crossed the State to wage their past respects to their favourite singer, who mesmerised them for 3 decades with much than 38,000 songs sung successful 40 languages and dialects.
People person started gathering since past nighttime extracurricular the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex, wherever his assemblage volition beryllium kept to let the nationalist to wage their past respects.
Garg's mortal remains volition archetypal beryllium taken to his Kahilipara residence, wherever it volition beryllium kept for astir one-and-a-half hours for his household members, including his 85-year-old ailing father, to wage their past respects. Later, it volition beryllium taken to the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex for radical to wage their homage from 9 americium to 7 pm.
Details of the past rites are yet to beryllium finalised. The Assam Cabinet volition conscionable connected Sunday evening to determine connected the cremation venue.
Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said the casket carrying the singer's assemblage could not beryllium accommodated successful immoderate chartered formation and was flown to Guwahati from Delhi connected a regular flight.
The formation carrying Garg's assemblage near New Delhi astatine 4:30 a.m.
The assemblage arrived astatine the Indira Gandhi International Airport successful New Delhi astir Saturday midnight from Singapore, where helium died a time earlier portion swimming successful the oversea without a beingness jacket.
CM Sarma received the singer's assemblage astatine the airdrome and paid his tribute. He was accompanied by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and elder Assam authorities officials posted successful the nationalist capital.
