Journalist Soumya Vishwanathan's Father Passes Away Days After Her Killers Get Life Term

Days after journalist Soumya Vishwanathan’s killers were sentenced to life imprisonment, her father MK Vishwanathan, aged 82, breathed his last early morning on December 9, after developing complications since his bypass surgery, confirmed a close family friend.

MK Vishwanathan and Madhavi Vishwanathan outside Saket court on the day that the accused were convicted on October 18 (HT Photo)

On November 25, after Delhi’s Saket court delivered the judgment, Soumya’s mother Madhavi told HT that her husband, who was present for most of the hearings along with her, was in the ICU as he underwent a bypass surgery. “My daughter is with him in the ICU, and they are watching the judgment... But I am unable to register what is happening,” she had said.