Bhubaneswar, Dec 30: Bidulata Samal, retired teacher and mother of Argus News Editor-in-Chief Sanjaya Jena, passed away on Saturday. She was 81. 

She was born on November 15,  1954. At her death bed, elder son Sangram Keshari Jena, daughter-in-law Sanjukta Jena, daughters Jyotsnamayee Jena, Chandrakala Jena, Sashikela Jena and Kiranbala Jena, younger son and Argus News Editor-in-Chief Sanjaya Jena, daughter-in-law Lopamudra Jena and all grandchildren were present.

People from different walks of life expressed deep grief over the passing away of Jena's mother and condolences to the bereaved family.