Chhota Rajan convicted of journalist J Dey’s murder in Mumbai

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, May 02, 2018 : Gangster Chhota Rajan was on Wednesday convicted in the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in 2011 by a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court.

 

According to investigators, Chhota Rajan ordered the killing of Dey, a veteran crime reporter of Mumbai.

The mafia don was deported from Indonesia’s Bali in November 2015 and subsequently made an accused in the case.

Dey, 56, was the Editor (Investigations) of Midday evening, and was shot dead on June 11, 2011, near his Powai residence in central suburban Mumbai, sending shockwaves in the media circles across the country.

The investigations were initially conducted by police but were taken over by the Crime Branch due to its ramifications.

There was a sensational twist to the case when police arrested Vora, then Deputy Bureau Chief of The Asian Age, Mumbai, on November 25, 2011, besides 10 others. It emerged during the probe that Vora was allegedly in regular contact with Chhota Rajan and provoked him to eliminate Dey.


courtesy:HT