Senior journalist and Aaj Tak anchor Rohit Sardana has passed away. The 41 year old died of cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Noida on Friday.

Rohit Sardana is survived by his wife, two daughters, and his parents. He had recently tested positive for Covid-19 but he was active and on his way to recovery. His situation however, deteriorated on Thursday night, following which he was rushed to Metro Multispecialty Hospital in Noida. He died of a heart attack on the morning of April 30.

The star anchor of Aaj Tak, Rohit hailed from Kurukshetra in Haryana. Rohit was a recipient of the NT Award and ENBA Award for the best anchor as well as the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for Hindi journalism. In his career that spanned over one and a half decade, Rohit Sardana started as an announcer in All India Radio after which he made a name for himself as he anchored shows in ETV, Sahara Samay, Zee News and then Aaj Tak.

Rohit Sardana was considered one of the most powerful anchors in Hindi. As the anchor of Aaj Tak’s prime time show Dangal, Rohit achieved a milestone in TV anchoring which only a few have got.