Raipur: Professionalism was at its best when a TV anchor in central India read out the breaking of her husband in a road accident without losing her composure.
Supreet Kaur of IBC-24, a private channel in Chhattisgarh state, kept her composure during live news bulletin on April 9 morning as a reporter phoned in details an accident involving Harsad Kawade she married a year ago.
Kaur kept her composure during the news hours and her exemplary commitment left her shell-shocked colleagues speechless, reports The Hindustan Times.
The reporter said three of the five people travelling in the vehicle were dead. Although he did not identify the dead, Kaur instantly realized one of them could her husband. He too was to travel in a Renault Duster along the same route during the same time along with four companions.
She broke down, but only after having walked out of the TV studio after the news hour.
“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 Kawade a year ago and resided in Raipur, the state capital.
Kaur has left for the accident site. But back at office of the TV channel, her courage is dominating the conversations.
“She got a sense that it was her husband’s vehicle. She read the bulletin and only when she came out of the studio, she started calling her relatives,” a senior editor said.
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,” the editor explained.