AICC chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Guwahati on Friday, October 18, to pay tribute to the late Assam music legend Zubeen Garg, including a stop at his cremation site and a meeting with his wife, Garima Saikia Garg.
Gandhi is also scheduled to pay his respects at Sonapur on the city’s outskirts, where the singer was cremated on September 23.
Opposition parties, including Congress, have been demanding that the investigation be handed over to the CBI. The sudden death of the iconic singer in Singapore on September 19 has become a political issue ahead of Assembly elections slated for early next year. They demand that those responsible for the circumstances leading to Garg’s death while swimming be punished.
An SIT of Assam CID has been investigating the case and has arrested seven persons in connection with it.
