Mangalore, Nov 23, 2013 : Mohan Suvarna, a journalist based in the city, passed away at a private hospital in Mangalore on November 22, Friday night following a brief illness. He was 37.
Suvarna, a resident of Panjimogaru was working as a news reader for V4 News Channel. He had earlier served Namma Kudla and Spandana channel.
Mohan Suvarna had even worked for Mungaru, Netravathi Varthe and Karnataka Malla at Mumbai in the past. Also a promising poet, he had brought out two anthology of poems.
Suvarna has left behind his mother, brother and sister. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty and Corporator Dayanand Shetty were among those who paid their last respects to the departed journalist.
The DK District Working Journalists’ Union and Mangalore Press Club have condoled the death of Mohan Suvarna.