News X editor passes away, PM condoles death

Jehangir Pocha, Editor-in-Chief at NewsX channel passed away in Gurgaon this morning because of a cardiac arrest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paying his condolences, said, "I am shocked and saddened to hear about Jehangir Pocha's demise. I pay my condolence to his family in this hour of grief. May his soul rest in peace."

Pocha was the former editor of Business world and also a contributing editor to The WorldPost. He was also the Beijing-based Asia correspondent for The Boston Globe, from 2003 to 2007.