Journalist Santosh Mandal dies at NY hospital

Senior journalist Santosh Mandal passed away at a hospital in New York early Tuesday. He was 47, UNB reported.

A senior member of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh, Santosh breathed his last at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn around 2pm (local time).

Fakir Selim, a journalist of Voice of America, Washington, confirmed the news, saying Santosh was admitted to the hospital after he complained of chest pain and died there later.

He is survived by wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death.

Santosh embarked on his journalism career with the daily Rupali in 1994.

Later he worked with the Bangla daily Sangbad, TV channel Channel i and English newspaper Daily Sun.

He was acting editor of online news portal risingbd.com.

He was born in Chowgacha upazila of Jessore district in 1969.