Mid Day Journalist

• Blood money for J Dey's murder paid in Chandni Chowk

  The ongoing police investigation into the murder case of journalist J Dey on Wednesday revealed that part of the plot to kill him might have been hatched in the Capital.A source said the money paid to shooter Satish Kalia and his men to kill Dey was handed over in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area. Also, the fire arms used to shoot Dey was procured in Hal...

• J Dey murder: Cops chase Rajan aides for clues

  Following the revelation that it was Chhota Rajan behind MiD DAY journalist J Dey's killing, the Mumbai police are on the lookout for every man thought to be a Rajan aide so they may question them about the underworld don's motive.The manhunt comes as cops aim to extract every minute detail about Rajan from every source, in the hope that they may b...

• Cops question another suspect in J Dey case

  Investigating the J Dey murder case, the Mumbai police on Wednesday questioned a man called Nihal Tanna who had reportedly met the crime journalists a few days before the murder. Tanna was arrested 3 days ago in connection with an unrelated cheating and forgery case.The police are not regarding this as a breakthrough but have termed it a crucial le...

• RR Patil's remark on Dey murder causes discomfort

  A week after the killing of journalist J Dey, Maharashtra home minister R R Patil today admitted that the police was still clueless about the perpetrators.Mr Patil said that the attackers smart enough not to have left any clue for the police to track them down. "There are some criminals who are very smart. They are not leaving any clues. That is wh...

• Dey murder: Three bullets 'lost' from crime scene

  Investigations over J Dey's murder received another heavy blow yesterday, when scientists from the state Forensic Science Lab (FSL) at Kalina admitted that three of the bullets fired at Dey were never recovered from the scene of crime. This 'loss' may have huge repercussions on the investigation and court proceedings of the case. If retrieved on ti...

• Mumbai's khaki-underworld nexus

  Mumbai Police, considered one of the best crime-fighting forces in the world, has had one allegation come up against it every once in a while-- that of a nexus with the underworld. The latest man in khaki to come under the scanner is Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Anil Mahabole, who will be questioned in the murder of senior Mid Day journal...

• Transferred cop Mahabole on J Dey's murder

  Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Mahabole has said that he is no way connected to the murder  of investigative reporter J Dey. The journalist was shot on Saturday evening while he was riding his two-wheeler down a crowded Mumbai street. The police says that Mr Dey was most likely killed as a result of  "professional enmity." Mr Mahab...

• I couldn't take a good look at J Dey's killers' faces: Eyewitness

  In a development that brings the authenticity of the sketch of J Dey's killer released by the Mumbai Police into question, a copy of the sole eyewitness' statement accessed by MiD DAY clearly states that the shootout was over in a few seconds and he had been unable to see the suspects' faces clearly.'I was in my car and was driving ahead of Dey whe...

• Journalist murder case: Mumbai ACP to be questioned

  An Assistant Commissioner with the Mumbai Police, Anil Mahabole, will be questioned in connection with the killing of senior Mid Day journalist J Dey, sources have told NDTV.  Mr Dey, in his news reports, had alleged that Mr Mahabole had links with the D-Company, the gang operated by Dawood Ibrahim. On Monday, Mr Mahabole was transferred from ...

• Mumbai journalist killed by fourth bullet: Doctors

  Call it the fatal fourth. The forensic doctors who conducted the autopsy on Jyotirmoy Dey, editor of investigations, MiD DAY, said that it was the fourth bullet out of a total of five that took the top crime reporter's life. It caused internal bleeding and hemorrhagic shock.A panel of three forensic surgeons, attached to the Department of Forensic ...

• Journalist's death: Investigation in the right direction, says RR Patil

  Hours after senior journalist J Dey was cremated, the state has directed the Mumbai police to speed up investigations into the murder after the government received sharp criticism.Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who was in Pune on Saturday when the gruesome killing of the senior journalist took place at Powai near a shopping mall, chaired a revie...

• Journalist's death: Protest march held in Mumbai

  Journalists in Mumbai have demanded strong action against the culprits in top crime reporter J Dey's murder.On Monday, they held a march to Mantralaya, the seat of the Maharashtra government, to protest the attack on Mr Dey.The rally started from the Press club at 12 noon.The Mumbai police say a ballistics test shows crime journalist J Dey was shot...

• Mid DAY journalist's killing: Police to examine laptop, documents

  The Mumbai police, probing the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, today took into custody a laptop, a hard disk and some important documents from his residence."We have some important leads in the case. We have taken Dey's laptop, hard disk and certain documents from his residence in Powai. Examination of these articles would help us in inv...

• Journalist's murder: Family to get protection, special teams set up for probe

  After the shocking murder of senior investigative journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in broad daylight in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government today swung into action, ordering special police teams to probe his death.The decision was taken at an emergency meeting convened by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at his residence where he took stock of the investiga...

• Did Mid DAY journalist J Dey receive threat calls?

  The police have not been able to make any breakthrough in the sensational murder of Jyotirmoy Dey, a senior crime reporter with Mid DAY, who was shot dead at point blank range in broad daylight by unidentified men outside a mall in Mumbai on Saturday. He was rushed to the Hiranandani hospital where he was declared brought dead.The police are yet to...