Sahu gets Goenka Award posthumously

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Sahu gets Goenka Award posthumously

Thursday, 23 January 2020 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

Doordarshan Cameraperson Achyutananda Sahu from Subarnapur, who was martyred in Maoists’ attack at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, has been conferred with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence award for Journalism posthumously.

He was given the award in the category of Reporting in Conflict Zones.

On behalf of Sahu, his wife Himanchali received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at a function held in New Delhi on Monday.

Sahu had joined the Doordarshan in New Delhi in 2011. He was killed when a group of Maoists attacked police personnel escorting a three-member DD team near Nilawaya village on October 30, 2018 ahead of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh.

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