Senior journalist Ranjit Guru passed away following illness here on Saturday-Sunday night. He died at around 12.30 am while undergoing treatment at the KIMS hospital. He was 61.
Guru had been admitted to the hospital on August 1 after he suffered an infection. He was put on ventilator after his condition deteriorated. He had undergone a kidney transplant surgery in 2005.
The last rites of Guru were performed in his native Sambalpur on Sunday.
Leaders including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and BJP State president Basant Panda deeply mourned Guru’s demise.
Guru was working with Odia daily ‘Sambad’ as the editor of its editorial page. During his 30 year-long career in journalism, he was also associated with leading newspapers like ‘Anandabazar Patrika’ and ‘The Asian Age’.