Seven suspects have been sent to police custody in Dey’s murder case
MUMBAI: The Veteran crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey’s murder case now has been cracked claimed the Mumbai crime branch and the seven suspects have been sent to police custody till July 4.
According to a Mumbai crime branch source, seven suspects, who have been rounded up from various parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra, will be produced in court.
All seven accused work for the Chhota Rajan gang have been arrested. Three shooters have been arrested from Rameshwaram, three from Mumbai and one from Solapur.
His postmortem report revealed that J Dey was shot at from a close range. Five bullets were pumped into his chest, while four of them pierced his body, the fifth one ended up just under his right shoulder.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had earlier ruled out handing over the investigations into Dey’s murder saying that the Mumbai police would crack the case soon.For cracking the case, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has announced reward of Rs 10 lakh for the Mumbai crime branch team.
“If the High Court orders the government to do it, the case would be given to the CBI to honour the court verdict. But, Mumbai police would put forth its case before the court properly,” Chavan had said.
Jyotirmoy Dey the Special Investigation Editor of Mid-Day, who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades, was gunned down by four assailants in suburban Powai.
