MiD DAY journalist shot dead by unidentified assailants in Mumbai
NDTV Correspondent, Updated: June 11, 2011 19:10 IST
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Click to Expand & PlayThe incident occurred in the suburban Powai area of the city. According to police, four motorcycle-borne men fired at Mr Dey this afternoon. The shooters escaped from the spot, police added.
"Approximately, 9 entry-exit wounds were found which means at least 5 bullets were fired", Vishwas Nagare Patil, Additional CP, Special Branch, Mumbai Police said.
The deceased headed the crime bureau of the publication.
Reacting to the incident, Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal told NDTV that he was 'shocked' by the attack. He further added that it appeared to be a handiwork of the underworld.
"The way he was killed shows that it was a well-planned attack...must be an attack by underworld", Mr Bhujbal said.
Meanwhile, Sachin Kalbaug, the Group Editor of MiD DAY also expressed 'shock' over Mr Dey's death. Speaking to NDTV, Mr Kalbaug though said holding the underworld responsible for the journalist's death would be "premature".
Mr Dey is considered to be arguably India's best-connected writer on the Mumbai underworld. He spent most of his reporting career bringing out accounts of the goings-on in the Mumbai underworld for several newspapers including the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times.
He is the author of 'Zero Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers' and 'Khallas' - considered a dictionary on the Mumbai underworld.
Mr Dey also wrote extensively about fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, Chotta Rajan and others. He was reportedly working on a series on Dawood when he was killed today.
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Journalists lambast police for Dey's murder
Expressing grief over the death of senior journalist Jyoti Dey, journalist organisations here on Saturday alleged that exposure of police-underworld nexus by Dey could have led to the killing.
"We condemn the killing of J Dey. He tried to expose the police-underworld nexus and with those revelations, today he became a victim. The city is driven by police and underworld and no law and order exists," Prasad Mokashi, President, Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, said.
"We demand resignation of Commissioner of Police as he couldn't curb the crime rate in the city," Mokashi said.
"With the murder of J Dey, it has been proven that police—underworld nexus exists in the city. He had put out several stories on Dawood Ibrahim, Chotta Rajan and others," said Shashikant Sandhbor, President, Television Journalists Association.
"We demand that the Home Ministry should conduct a thorough investigation. Also, it should come up with a report on the past cases where journalists have been attacked and status of probe," Mr. Sandhbor said.
"A proper investigation should be conducted into this dastardly murder. Crime reporters should be protected," Aniket Joshi, President, Mantralaya and Vidhi Mandal Varthahar Sangh, said.
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