Senior journalist and Nabarangpur district correspondence of The Pioneer Basant Rath passed away at the District Headquarters Hospital here on Friday morning.
Rath was 49 and is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and old mother.
Rath, who had joined The Pioneer 15 years back, covered various important events of the district for the newspaper. Also a public speaker and a good lawyer, he had lent his voice to several television channels.
Nabaranpur MP Ramesh Chandra Majhi, former Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi, Dabugam MLA Monohar Randhari, Nabarangpur MLA Sadasiba Pradhani, former Umarkote MLA Subash Gond and Umerkote Bar Association president Prasant Kumar Sahu were among those who condoled Rath’s death.