Popular Assamese singer and composer Zubeen Garg drowned in Singapore in September last year after entering the sea without a life jacket while “severely intoxicated”, a coroner’s court heard on Wednesday.
Garg, 52, was in Singapore ahead of a scheduled performance at the North East India Festival when he drowned at sea after joining a private yacht outing near the Lazarus Island on 19 September. According to investigators, he initially wore a life jacket while swimming but later removed it and refused to wear a second one despite repeated reminders.
