Zubeen’s family, people of Assam have right to know what happened to him in Singapore: Rahul

Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday paid tribute to singer Zubeen Garg at the site where his last rites were performed at Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati.

Gandhi offered a ‘gamosa’, the traditional Assamese scarf, and a wreath at the platform where the singer was cremated.

He was accompanied by Assam Pradesh Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, AICC general secretary and Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, leader of the opposition in the legislative assembly Debabrata Saikia and other senior state leaders of the party.

As Gandhi offered tribute to the singer, the crowd present at the site shouted slogans - ‘Justice for Zubeen’ and ‘Joy Zubeen’.

Gandhi and the other Congress leaders sat on the ground and attended the ‘naam-kirtan’ (prayers) held there.

The Congress leader also planted a ‘nahor’ (Indian rose chestnut) sapling, which the singer was fond of, at the cremation ground.

Gandhi said Zubeen Garg’s family and the people of Assam have the right to know what happened to him in Singapore.

“The sooner the truth comes out, the better in Zubeen Garg’s case, as the family needs closure,” Gandhi said, after visiting the singer’s family at their Kahilipara residence here.

It is the duty of the Assam government to “transparently investigate and tell the family exactly what happened in Singapore”, the former Congress president said.

“The family has lost Zubeen, and they only want the truth to come out,” Gandhi said.

Garg died while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19.