LUCKNOW: Veteran photojournalist Ram Bahadur Thapa (62) died at RMLIMS on Thursday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest. He had been admitted on Saturday with chronic liver disease and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.Thapa worked with several leading media organisations, including TOI and NBT.He began his career in a photography studio, later worked as a darkroom assistant and entered newspaper photography in 1985. Among the most notable assignments of his career was coverage of Babri Masjid demolition and related developments in Ayodhya in Dec 1992. Photojournalist Subir Roy remembered Thapa as a self-made professional who excelled despite limited formal education and often helped fellow photographers during challenging assignments.
