Assamese Journalist Aiyushman Dutta Dies of COVID-19
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has deeply mourned the death of the humble, polite and soft-spoken scribe at the Hayat Hospital in Guwahati.
Aiyushman Dutta. Photo: Twitter/ @AiyushmanD
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Guwahati: Young journalist and founder of the Guwahati International Music Festival (GIMF), Aiyushman Dutta died on Monday due to COVID-19 after a day-long frantic search for a plasma donor and a rare injection.
He was 35.
Dutta is reportedly the first victim of the coronavirus pandemic from the media fraternity of Assam.
His close friend Tulika Devi shared the news of the demise of the Guwahati-based journalist, who was working as the feature editor of English newspaper