![]() They had claimed that she had used her office and personal computer to send e-mails with Dey’s photograph and description – a judge later dismissed these allegations. Police had accused her of “conspiracy to murder” and cited professional rivalry as the motive. ![]() ![]() More than five months after the killing, police had arrested Jigna Vora, the deputy bureau chief of the English daily Asian Age, in connection with Dey’s killing. Police had also investigated Dey’s “mysterious tour to Europe” weeks before his death. ![]() “The manner in which the motorcycle-borne shooters carried out the firing and fled before being caught or noticed by people suggests they were well aware of the locality and had planned how to flee once the job was done,” an officer had told Indian Express. They had also floated the theory of a possible underworld hit. Initially, police said that they suspected that he was murdered as a result of his reporting on the illicit oil mafia in Mumbai. Police had also seized his other mobile phones and laptops. His mobile phone, which was in the front pocket of his shirt, was completely damaged by the bullet shot but police said that they were able to retrieve the SIM card and send it for analysis of call and text records. He was on his way home on his motorcycle when four persons, travelling on two motorcycles, opened fire at him.Īs per an Indian Express report on June 13, 2011, post-mortem reports had revealed that Dey had been shot five times at close range, with four bullets hitting the left side of his chest and one piercing his shoulder. He is survived by his wife and mother.ĭey was shot dead in broad daylight on Jafternoon at around 3 pm in the Powai suburb of Mumbai. At the time of his death, the 56-year-old was working as the Editor of Special Investigations at the city-based daily ‘Mid Day’.
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