GUWAHATI: Senior journalist Kalyan Barooah lost his battle against COVID-19 at a Gurugram Hospital on Saturday. His wife Nilakshi Bhattacharya also succumbed to the infection on Friday.
Barooah, special correspondent of The Assam Tribune in New Delhi was admitted to the hospital along with his wife Nilakshi Bhattacharya after both had tested COVID-19 positive.
Nilakshi who worked for the Times of India passed away on Friday. Following his wife’s path, Kalyan Barooah also lost his battle to the highly contagious virus.
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Taking to Twitter, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal expressed his grief over the demise of the senior newsman.
“I express my deep sorrow over the demise of senior journalist Kalyan Barooah. His death is an irreparable loss to the field of media,” tweeted Sonowal.
জ্যেষ্ঠ সাংবাদিক কল্যাণ বৰুৱাৰ বিয়োগত গভীৰ শোক প্ৰকাশ কৰিছোঁ। তেখেতৰ বিয়োগ সংবাদ ক্ষেত্ৰৰ বাবে এক অপূৰণীয় ক্ষতি। তেখেতৰ বিদেহ্ আত্মাৰ চিৰশান্তি কামনা কৰি শোকসন্তপ্ত পৰিয়ালবৰ্গলৈ গভীৰ সমবেদনা যাচিলোঁ। pic.twitter.com/DFnkz1vXku
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) May 1, 2021
Health, finance and education minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma also expressed his shock and anguish at Barooah’s passing away.
“I am saddened to get the news of demise of Kalyan Barooah, the New Delhi correspondent of ‘The Assam Tribune’…” Sarma said in a tweet.
“দ্য আছাম ট্ৰিবিউন” কাকতৰ নতুন দিল্লীস্থিত সাংবাদিক কল্যাণ বৰুৱাদেৱৰ বিয়োগৰ বাতৰি পাই মৰ্মাহত হৈছো ৷ জ্যেষ্ঠ সাংবাদিক বৰুৱাই সাংবাদিকতাৰ ক্ষেত্ৰখনত অতি নিষ্ঠাৰে জড়িত হৈ থাকি সেৱা আগবঢ়াইছিল ৷ তেওঁৰ বিদেহ আত্মাৰ সদগতি কামনা কৰাৰ লগতে শোকসন্তপ্ত পৰিয়াললৈ সমবেদনা জ্ঞাপন কৰিলোঁ ৷ pic.twitter.com/Q8H8Xnbnlr
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) May 1, 2021
