Bhubaneswar: Senior journalist Bibhuti Pati passed away on Sunday following a heart attack. He was 54. According to family sources, he felt chest pain in the morning while travelling from Bhubaneswar to Cuttack in a private vehicle.
He was rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Pati is survived by his wife and only son. He lived at CDA Sector-10, Cuttack.He was working as Delhi correspondent for Kanak News at the time of his death. He had started his journalism career with English weekly ‘Eastern Times’ published by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti.
Later, he worked with several media organisations in Odisha including Prajatantra, Vaasvam, Samaj, Dharitri, Nakshatra News, Nandighosh TV and Kanak News. Many of his interviews and features were published in Prajatantra Weekly and ‘Rabibar Sambad’. He was also associated with several national media outlets.
Known as a prominent independent investigative and environmental journalist, Pati was recognised for his grassroots reporting on sensitive environmental issues, national security and regional politics.
His demise has cast a pall of gloom over the journalism fraternity in Odisha.
