Bhubaneswar: Former ETV reporter and owner of YouTube channel Sri TV Subrat Jena has succumbed to COVID-19 in a city hospital.
Jena had been undergoing treatment at SUM COVID Hospital for the 18 days and died on Thursday.
Jena was a Khurda-based reporter for ETV. He later left journalism and started a real estate business. He was also reportedly associated with BJD leader Arup Patnaik.