India, Sept. 24 -- Singer Zubeen Garg's last rites were performed with full state honours on Tuesday in Kamarkuchi, Assam's Kamrup Metropolitan district. Assam police personnel acted as pallbearers, carrying his coffin, and a gun salute was given before the cremation. Zubeen's wife, Garima Saikia, accompanied by their four dogs, was present and visibly emotional during the rituals. His sister, Palme Borthakur, and music composer Rahul Gautam, a protege of the singer, lit the pyre amid the gun salutes. Several prominent figures, including Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Sarbananda Sonowal, and Assam Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary, attended to pay their final respects. The late singer's mortal remains had been kept at the Arjun Bhogeshwar Baruah Sports Complex in Guwahati since Sunday. Fans gathered and sang in tribute as they queued to pay their respects. Zubeen died in a scuba diving accident in Singapore on September 19 at the age of 52, a day before he was scheduled to perform there. Though an autopsy was conducted in Singapore, Sarma had ordered a fresh one following public demand. On Tuesday morning, a second post-mortem was conducted at Gauhati Medical College Hospital to rule out foul play in his death. htc...