ETV Bharat Senior Correspondent Lenin Ratchahanathan passes away

Lenin Ratchahanathan, a senior journalist working in Chennai for the ETV Bharat Tamil Nadu website, passed away due to a heart attack on Monday.

Chennai:Lenin Ratchahanathan, Senior Correspondent ETV Bharat Chennai Bureau passed away after suffering a heart attack on Monday. Lenin was 38. A thorough professional, he covered environmental news with passion and social concern in an impactful manner.

Lenin was also keenly covering the Tamil Nadu General Secretariat. His friends and colleagues remember him as a team player and would always be up to help the others with their stories and would readily share his contacts. He never shied away from asking the right questions.

He had previously worked for noted media houses including The New Indian Express, DT Next and Deccan Chronicle. A prolific journalist, Lenin was unwell for the last few days and was suffering from jaundice. He eventually passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Monday evening. His final rites be carried out on Tuesday.

A native of Pudukkottai, Lenin was heading to Tiruchi after he was discharged on Monday morning from a hospital. He collapsed while he was waiting for a bus in the Omni bus terminus in Koyambedu. Fellow passengers alerted the 108 ambulance service team whose attempts to resuscitate him did not fructify.

He is a student of St Arulanandar Higher Secondary School in Oriyur, Trichy. He earned his under-graduation in commerce from St Joseph's College, Trichy.

He began his reporting career from Trichy where he worked as a Staff Reporter covering Public Health, Public Works Division, Agriculture, Forest, Wildlife and Environment.

He later moved to Chennai and took up more responsibilities and was covering Transport, Urban Development and Metropolitan Water Authority. He is survived by his father and mother.

Chennai Press Club has condoled his death. On behalf of ETV Bharat media and staff, we offer our deepest condolences. ETV Bharat will surely miss him.