Sikh TV anchor reads out news of husband’s death
RAIPUR: Her job is to read news on TV and Supreet Kaur did just that by reading the breaking news of her husband’s death in a road accident, leaving her shellshocked colleagues speechless by her exemplary commitment.
A news reader at Chhattisgarh’s private IBC-24 channel, Kaur kept her composure during Saturday morning’s live bulletin as a reporter phoned in details of a fatal accident involving a Renault Duster at Pithara in Mahasamund district earlier in the day.
The reporter said three of the five people travelling in the vehicle were dead. Though he did not identify the dead, there was enough for Kaur to instantly realise it could be her husband. He too was to travel in a Renault Duster along the same route along with four companions.
She broke down, but only after having walked out of the studio .
“She is an extremely brave lady. We are proud of her as an anchor, but what happened today has left us in shock,” said a colleague. Kaur, 28, has been a news anchor with IBC-24, one of Chhattisgarh’s most-viewed channels, for the past nine years. Hailing from Bhilai, she had married Harsad Kawade a year ago and the couple were residents of Raipur. Kaur has left for the accident site. But back at the office of the TV channel, her courage is dominating conversations.
The editor said the staffers had come to know that her husband was dead while she was reading the news. “But we did not tell her. We did not have the courage,” he said.