India, Sept. 27 -- Veteran journalist ML Kotru, former Resident Editor of The Statesman and a mentor to a generation of journalists, passed away in Gurugram late Thursday night. The nonagenarian Kotru also served as the India correspondent of The Sunday Times, London.

He contributed to a number of publications in Jammu and Kashmir, his home state.

Kotru was actively involved with the Press Club of India and the Press Association.

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