The coroner’s inquiry in Singapore into Assam superstar Zubeen Garg’s death in September 2025 has ruled that the death was an accidental drowning, Singapore-based Straits Times has reported. Zubeen was in Singapore as a cultural brand ambassador for the North East India Festival. Also Read | In an Assam preparing for elections, I met Zubeen Garg everywhereThe Assam police have, meanwhile, charged four people with murder and claimed Zubeen was made to get drunk and encouraged to swim. The Straits Times reported that the coroner noted Garg had been exhausted before he went for his last swim. It resembled the swim stroke of a person who was tired or fatigued,” the coroner has been quoted as saying.

Source: Indian Express March 25, 2026 15:26 UTC