Economic journalist and former editor of Karobar national daily Sanjay Neupane died of brain tumor on Saturday.

Neupane, a former vice president of Society of Economic Journalist, died at around 7:15 pm at Nepal Cancer Hospital in Lalitpur during course of treatment. He was also associated with Kantipur Daily for over a decade.

Neupane was suffering from Anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare malignant brain tumor, and was flown into Medanta Hospital in Haryana, India, after he fainted at home during the Dashain festival.

He returned home following improvements but was admitted to Nepal Cancer Hospital after his health deteriorated.

Family sources said his final rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat today. He is survived by his wife and two children.