JFA condoles death of scribe in Covid-19

June 9, 2020
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed grief at the
demise of Manoj Kumar with Covid-19 complications in Hyderabad.

Manoj, 35, who was working for a popular Telugu news channel, becomes the
first journalist victim of novel corona virus infections in Telangana.

“Manoj is the third Indian media martyr in the fight against corona
outbreak. Earlier Agra based journalist Pankaj Kulashrestha and
Kolkata based photojournalist Ronny Roy succumbed to Covid-19
infections,” said a statement issued by JFA president Rupam Barua and
secretary Nava Thakuria.

Manoj was admitted in the hospital on 4 June with ailments and he was tested positive
for Covid-19. The central Indian province had already a dozen of journalists infected
with the virus, where many of them were asymptomatic. Manoj died on Sunday night in
the hospital.
JFA, while urging Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to
compensate the family of bereaved scribe adequately, has appealed to
the Central government in New Delhi to immediately announce life
insurance coverage of Rs 50 lakh to each working journalist in the
country.

–India News Stream