Senior Bengal Journalist Anjan Bandopadhyay Dies After Battle With Covid

A student of Presidency College, Anjan Bandopadhyay is younger brother of West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay.

One of Bengal's leading news television anchors, Anjan Bandopadhyay, died in Kolkata Sunday night after a month-long battle against COVID-19. He was 56. Stunned and saddened at untimely demise of Anjan Bandyopadhyay editor @Zee24Ghanta@ZeeNews.Cruel hand of destiny has snatched at young age a man full of simplicity.He leaves a void in journalism not easy to fill. Pray Almighty to bestow eternal peace on departed soul. My colleague Anjan Bandopadhyay,Editor @Zee24Ghanta lost his battle to COVID today. He got infected while covering West Bengal election.I met him last on 19th Feb when we interviewed Home Minsiter @AmitShah in Kolkata. Never thought it will be my last picture with him.ॐ शांति pic.twitter.com/YTaFaDpGNl Another terrible news!Our Editor (Zee 24 Ghanta) Anjan Bandyopadhyay is no more. Simply can't believe this.May you soul Rest In Peace Anjanda. pic.twitter.com/kOr276FEQQ Mr Bandopadhyay was admitted to a private hospital on April 14 after he contracted the virus. He was discharged later after recovery but was back in the hospital after he developed Covid-related complications. He was put on ventilator, then on ECMO but suffered a cardiac arrest at 9:25 pm. A journalist of 33 years, Mr Bandopadhyay was editor of Zee 24 Ghanta, a leading Bengali news channel, which he joined when it began back in 2006. In recent years he served as editor or Ananda Bazar's digital platform, moved on as editor of TV 9's Bengal news chanmel briefly before returning to head Zee 24 Ghanta just weeks before Bengal's Assembly elections. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he was "stunned and saddened" at the news of Mr Bandyopadhyay's death.