New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Zubeen Garg, who died reportedly due to drowning after a scuba diving accident in Singapore on September 19, will be cremated with full state honours, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Zubeen Garg, the chief minister said, would be cremated at a village near Guwahati on Tuesday, September 23.

The decision to cremate Zubeen at Kamarkuchi NC village was taken during a cabinet meeting, considering the family's wish that his last rites be performed at a place in or around Guwahati, Sarma said at a press conference. Announcing the decision to cremate Zubeen Garg at a village, Himanta Sarma said it was taken as per his family's wishes.

There were also demands from the people of the Upper Assam town of Jorha...