Journalist Jai Kumar Sahu passes away

A young journalist, Jai Kumar Sahu died in a local hospital, days after he had successfully undergone a gallbladder surgery for gallstones.

Twenty seven years old Sahu, who was working for a Hindi daily as well as a stringer of a news agency, breathed his last in Brahmanand Narayan Hrudalay in Jamshedpur on Friday.

Sahu, who was unmarried, was admitted in the hospital three weeks ago for the surgery.

He was cremated in the Parvati Burning Ghat in Jamshedpur on Saturday amid the presence of a large number of journalists from the city, political party leaders including the East Singhbhum district President, Ramesh Hansda.