India, Oct. 29 -- The Assam cabinet on Wednesday decided to hand over the state's share of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be collected from cultural icon Zubeen Garg's upcoming movie to a foundation started by him.

Fifty-two-year-old Garg died in Singapore last month while swimming in the sea and two separate probes are underway to unearth the mystery surrounding his death. His last movie, Roi Roi Binale, in which he portrays the lead role of a blind singer, is set to be released on October 31.

"The central government collects GST of 18% on movie tickets costing more than Rs.100 and 5% on tickets which cost less than that," chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

"Of that amount collected by the Centre, half of it i.e. 9% and 2.5% re...