Senior TV journalist Rohit Sardana succumbs to Covid-19

Renowned TV journalist Rohit Sardana passed away on Friday. He had tested positive for the Coronavirus and suffered a heart attack on Friday morning. Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary informed about his untimely demise through a tweet.

Rohit Sardana had hosted the popular ‘Taal Thok Ke’, a debate programme that discusses contemporary issues in India on Zee News.

अब से थोड़ी पहले @capt_ivane का फ़ोन आया।उसने जो कहा सुनकर मेरे हाथ काँपने लगे।हमारे मित्र और सहयोगी रोहित सरदाना की मृत्यु की ख़बर थी।ये वाइरस हमारे इतने क़रीब से किसी को उठा ले जाएगा ये कल्पना नहीं की थी।इसके लिए मैं तैयार नहीं था।ये भगवान की नाइंसाफ़ी है..
ॐ शान्ति
— Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) April 30, 2021

Sardana left Zee News to join Aaj Tak in 2017 and, since then, he was hosting the debate show ‘Dangal’.

The last few posts on his Twitter account shows that Rohit Sardana was trying to help people even while suffering poor health himself. He was sharing SOS calls of people who were in need of amenities amidst the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.

India recorded 3,86,452 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest single-day spike in the cases since the pandemic began last year.

According to the Union Health Ministry, as many as 3,498 deaths and 2,97,540 recoveries were also recorded in the last 24 hours. The total active cases of the infection in India have now mounted to 31,70,228 and as many as 2,08,330 people have succumbed to the disease.