Fans take out E-rikshaw procession to pay respect to late Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, in Guwahati on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI
His spouse, Garima Saikia Garg, and senior state authorities officers have been on the airport to obtain the physique. The mortal stays have been taken out of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport by means of the VIP exit in a flower-bedecked ambulance.
Thousands of followers have been heard singing his songs and shouting ‘Jai Zubeen da’ because the convoy navigated by means of the gang exterior the airport. Wailing, ‘Why Zubeen da, why did you must depart us so quickly’, they have been seen holding cut-outs of the singer and the standard Assamese ‘gamosa’ with the phrases ‘Z G (Zubeen Garg) Forever’ woven in it.
Assam Director General of Police Harmeet Singh and Guwahati Police Commissioner Parthasarathi Mahanta have been seen strolling in entrance of the ambulance to clear the best way for the automobile.
The singer’s favorite automobile, an open jeep, which he typically used to journey to venues the place he carried out, was additionally part of the convoy together with his big portrait positioned within the entrance. His workforce of musicians was current on the automobile.
People have reached Guwahati from throughout the State to pay their final respects to their favorite singer, who mesmerised them for 3 many years with greater than 38,000 songs sung in 40 languages and dialects.
People have began gathering since final evening exterior the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex, the place his physique can be stored to permit the general public to pay their final respects.
Garg’s mortal stays will first be taken to his Kahilipara residence, the place it is going to be stored for about one-and-a-half hours for his members of the family, together with his 85-year-old ailing father, to pay their final respects. Later, it is going to be taken to the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex for individuals to pay their homage from 9 am to 7 pm.
Details of the final rites are but to be finalised. The Assam Cabinet will meet on Sunday night to resolve on the cremation venue.
Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had stated the casket carrying the singer’s physique couldn’t be accommodated in any chartered flight and was flown to Guwahati from Delhi on an everyday flight.
The flight carrying Garg’s physique left New Delhi at 4:30 a.m.
The physique arrived on the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi round Saturday midnight from Singapore, the place he died a day earlier whereas swimming within the sea with out a life jacket.
CM Sarma obtained the singer’s physique on the airport and paid his tribute. He was accompanied by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and senior Assam authorities officers posted within the nationwide capital.
Published – September 21, 2025 08:18 am IST
