Expressing grief on the death of the popular TV journalist, the Chief Minister said, “Saddened at the passing away of Anjan Bandyopadhyay, one of the best-known television anchors in Bengal. He was a bright, young, and dynamic journalist.”
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the death of eminent journalist and popular TV anchor Anjan Bandyopadhyay, who died at a private hospital here on Sunday night.
Expressing grief on the death of the popular TV journalist, the Chief Minister said, “Saddened at the passing away of Anjan Bandyopadhyay, one of the best-known television anchors in Bengal. He was a bright, young, and dynamic journalist.”
In her Facebook post, she further wrote, “We have lost so many who have covered the recent elections. I have no words to express my condolences to his family and his colleagues in the fraternity. His Ma, wife Aditi, daughter Titli, his elder brother Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who is the Chief Secretary of the State.”
Anjan Bandyopadhyay, who was tested positive for Covid-19 around a month ago, died at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday night, a health department official said. He was 56.
The editor of Bengali news channel Zee 24 Ghanta, Bandyopadhyay breathed his last at around 9.25 pm, the official told PTI.
According to family sources, Anjan Bandyopadhyay had tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-April following which he was hospitalised.
Anjan Bandyopadhyay earlier worked with ETV Bangla, 24 Ghanta, and then with Anandabazar Patrika’s digital unit before moving to TV9 Bangla as the channel’s first Editor. Just before this year’s assembly elections in West Bengal, he returned to Zee 24 Ghanta as its editor.
