GOPAL  BISHT

News Organization: AAJ TAK

Died: 2001

Location: INDIA

Died in the Sept. 30 crash of a small private jet carrying a leading Indian lawmaker and three colleagues to a rally in central India. Bisht, 50, was a cameraman with 25 years experience, the last five with Aaj Tak. All four journalists died instantly along with Congress Party leader Madhavrao Scindia and three others when their plane crashed and burst into flames 190 miles southeast of New Delhi. The flight was en route to Kanpur, a town in Uttar Pradesh state, when the accident occurred.