Guwahati, Oct 12 (PTI) In a rare gesture at singer Zubeen Garg’s cremation site, a youth publicly tore off his sacred thread (lagun), traditionally worn by Brahmins, and declared he would live only as a human, rejecting caste and religion.

Sun Bhagawati, a youth in his early thirties, asserted that he was only following the ideals of his idol Garg and appealed to people to live only as humans by breaking the boundaries of caste-religion.

"By birth, my caste is Brahmin. But I have no caste, no religion. We must live as humans. Here I break it," Bhagawati told reporters, pulling out the thread from beneath his clothes and tearing it in front of the cameras.

"Jai Zubeen Da (elder brother). I will never wear it again. People should live as humans only, not as Hindu-Muslims. Here I throw it

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