KK death: Musician AR Rahman pens heartfelt tribute to late singer

Police have registered a case of unnatural death and started an investigation. As a part of the probe, officers have spoken to the hotel authorities and scrutinised CCTV footage.

Pic Courtesy: Viral Bhayani

​KK death LIVE updates: Popular Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath aka KK breathed his last after his live concert in Kolkata's Nazrul Mancha auditorium. He was on a two-day tour to the city to perform at two college programmes respectively. The case was lodged with New Market Police Station under whose jurisdiction falls the five-star hotel where KK had put up and felt unwell before being taken to a hospital on Tuesday night. He was 53. 

Preliminary findings of the post-mortem conducted on the renowned Bollywood singer KK's death indicated that he died due to a cardiac arrest, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. His mortal remains reached Mumbai after he was accorded a gun salute in Kolkata in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who consoled the late singer's wife Jyothi Lakshmi Krishna and children. ​

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02 June 2022

19:35 IST

Salim Merchant, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Javed Ali, Alka Yagnik and Raghav Sachar from the B-town music industry were photographed visiting the singer's Mumbai residence for the final rites.

19:22 IST

Harris Jayaraj, who has closely worked with KK on many songs, too penned his heartfelt tribute. He said that with KK's death he has lost his 'Uyirin Uyir'. He wrote, "My Uyirin Uyire passed away. RIP Singer KK. What a shocking news to hear when the whole world is praising his last song Konji Konji. I am completely shattered and my condolences to his family and friends."