PATNA, Nov. 25 -- Former senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times, Patna, Ashok Kumar Sinha, passed away at Ruban Hospital on Monday evening after a brief nephrological illness. He was 76. He was cremated at Gulbi Ghat on Tuesday.

Sinha is survived by his wife, Nisha Sinha, 73, a former casual newsreader at Doordarshan, Patna, and visiting faculty member at Arvind Mahila College; daughter Nandita Sinha and son-in-law Sujit Prasad, both lawyers; daughter-in-law Pooja Sinha; and grandsons Akshat and Arjun Sinha. His son, Wing Commander Arvind Sinha of the Indian Air Force, had passed away in 2019.

Born into a family steeped in public life - his father, Anirudh Sinha, was a freedom fighter and four-time nominated MP - Sinha embarked on h...