Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses sorrow at the death of Manoj Kumar due to Covid-19 complications in Hyderabad. Manoj, aged 35, was working for the first Telugu news channel and 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.
Telangana scribe Manoj was admitted in the hospital on 5 days ago 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 Union government in capital of India for immediately announcing life assurance coverage of Rs 50 lakh to every working journalist within the country.
