JFA mourns demise of cartoonist Trailokya Dutta

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed profound grief over
the demise of northeast India’s well known cartoonist and illustrator
Trailokya Dutta who breathed his last on Wednesday (11 November 2020)
night after suffering from old-age ailments from sometime.

Dutta (90) is recognized as one of the pioneer political cartoonists
of the region and he used to work for many newspapers as a
professional cartoonist. Hailed from  Ratanpur village of Bajali area
Dutta was honoured with a number of awards in memories of Kalaguru
Bishnu Rabha, Sonit Konwar Gajen Baruah, Amulya Kakati, etc. He was
also awarded with the artiste’s pension from Assam government.

The  forum also mourned the demise of Barak based senior journalist,
author and social worker Sanat Kumar Koiri on Wednesday morning. Koiri
(65) was suffering from life threatening diseases for nearly three
years. He used to work for  Silchar based newspapers and also led the
press club there, said a statement issued by JFA president Rupam Barua
and secretary Nava Thakuria.

Meanwhile, the JFA expressed concern over a mysterious road accident
that finally killed a television journalist  based in Kakopathar of
eastern Assam. Parag Bhuyan (55), who was associated with PratidinTime
news channel was undergoing treatment in Dibrugarh after the accident,
where he finally succumbed to injuries this morning.

State chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while sending condolence
message to Bhuyan’s bereaved family members & well-wishers, Sonowal
ordered a probe into the incident. The Tinsukia  police have already
seized the vehicle (Tata DI- AS 23BC-7881) which hit the journalist
and ran away. Its driver James Murha along with  handyman Baba
Bordoloi were also picked up by the police from Namsai in Arunachal
Pradesh.