Dainik Bhaskar's senior journalist Avnish Jain passes away in Indore

Bhopal: Senior journalist working with a leading Hindi daily Avnish Jain died in an Indore hospital on Thursday after a brief illness, family sources said.

Jain was 54 and is survived by his wife and a son, they said.

He was posted in New Delhi in the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers and undergoing treatment at a hospital in the national capital, said the sources.

On Wednesday, Jain was shifted to Indore, his hometown, where he passed away in a hospital, they said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, agriculture minister Kamal Patel and state Congress president Kamal Nath, among others, expressed grief over the untimely demise of the senior journalist.