The autopsy of KK will be conducted on Wednesday at a government hospital
The Kolkata Police has registered an unnatural death case over the death of singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK. The case was registered at the New Market police station.
On Tuesday, May 31, the singer collapsed at the Grand Hotel, under the New Market police station area, after returning from a show in Kolkata and was rushed to a private hospital in the city, where he was pronounced dead.
According to police sources, his face and head bore injuries. The autopsy would be conducted at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday to ascertain the cause of death. The police will also talk to the hotel staff and the event organisers.
KK got his break as a playback singer with A R Rahman's hit songs 'Kalluri Saaley' and 'Hello Doctor'. In Bollywood, he started by singing a small portion of 'Chhod Aaye Hum' from Gulzar's Maachis. His first full-fledged Bollywood song was, however, the hugely popular 'Tadap tadap ke' from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999.
Singer KK died hours after a concert in Kolkata. His official Instagram page has visuals of a concert in a Kolkata auditorium held some 10 hours ago.
The 53-year-old singer collapsed at the hotel where he was staying after the concert in Kolkata's Nazrul Mancha auditorium. Doctor at CMRI hospital said the singer was brought dead.
Krishnakumar Kunnath, whose stage name was KK, was known for songs like 'Pal' and 'Yaaron', which went on to become big hits among teens in the late 1990s, often heard during school and college farewells and teen cultural events too.
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