* Director Info expresses grief
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 4: Senior journalist and Bureau Chief of The Week, Tariq Ahmad Bhat, today passed away here due to heart attack.
A relative of the scribe said that Bhat suffered a heart attack in the morning and was shifted to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Large number of people including journalists attended his last rites at his residence in Srinagar. The journalist fraternity expressed shock and grief over his demise and expressed sympathies with the family.
Director Information, Nitish Rajora has expressed deep grief over his death, calling it irreparable loss to Kashmir’s journalistic fraternity.
In his condolence message, the Director Information said that Bhat was an Accredited Journalist with DIPR and his professionalism and integrity is known across the Journalistic circles.
He added that the passing of Bhat has created a deep void in the media fraternity of Kashmir which cannot be filled so easily.
The Director also expressed deep sympathy with the family members of Tariq Bhat and prayed for peace for the departed soul.
Meanwhile, the employees of Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) also expressed deep sorrow and grief over the demise. The employees remembered the long association with DIPR and said that he was a torchbearer for many budding journalists.
The employees also expressed deep sympathies with the bereaved family members, prayed for the highest place in Heaven.
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