India, Sept. 20 -- Singapore authorities have completed the postmortem of singer Zubeen Garg, who passed away on Friday, and his body is expected to reach New Delhi on Saturday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The 52-year-old had reached Singapore on Wednesday for the Northeast Festival, an annual event scheduled from September 19 to 21, and was set to perform on Saturday.

"His postmortem has been completed and the body was handed over to those who were with him in the presence of Indian embassy officials. The body will be embalmed there before being sent to India. He will reach New Delhi on Saturday night and from there will likely arrive in Guwahati early on Sunday on a chartered flight," Sarma said in Guwahati.

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