Zubeen Garg, Assam's beloved minstrel, met a tragic end in Singapore. What was meant to be a celebratory performance at the Northeast India Festival turned into a mournful requiem. It was heartbreaking and terribly tragic for a star to go into the sea, never to return.
In Assam, where every note Zubeen sang resonated like a heartbeat, his death was mourned like none in memory. For three days, lakhs of people came to offer their last respects. His final journey was literally a sea of humans in mourning. Before they returned to their homes, a tide of speculation rose, with police probes and political currents threatening to overshadow the melody of his legacy.
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The state police have approached Zubeen's demise with a zeal that transforms tragedy into a labyrinth of intrigue. Within days, the Special Investigation Team (SIT), tasked with unravelling the circumstances, invoked various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 103 pertaining to murder, against Zubeen’s manager,
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