Republic Bharat prime time anchor Vikas Sharma passed away on Thursday night. According to the Republic network, the anchor died due to COVID-19 complications.
He was admitted in Kailash Hospital which is located in Sector 71, Noida.
Vikas was one of the prime reporters of Republic TV and he appeared as prime time anchor at 9 PM on Republic Bharat Channel.
This development was confirmed on the official Twitter handle of the network which read, “Republic Media Network mourns the loss of Vikas Sharma, Republic Bharat’s most loved anchor who passed away on Thursday.”
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami paid a heartfelt tribute to Sharma who used to host a news show named Ye Bharat ki Baat Hai on Republic Bharat at 9 pm.
Remembering Sharma, Goswami said: “I have no words to express how devastated we all are here at the Republic media network at passing away of Vikas. As an anchor, the manner in which he presented the news was completely unique. There was a passion. There was involvement. And there was a great and a very precise manner in which he brought the story alive. There are very few journalists in India who could relate the news in the way that he did. So it is a big loss for all of us. And we will always remember his as a courageous, outspoken journalist and reporter and someone who, forever, will be part of the Republic media network.”
“He was part of the launch team of Republic Bharat. And for the last 17-18 months, he has been face of the very popular 9 pm show Ye Bharat ki Baat Hai, Goswami added.
