3 Chhota Shakeel men detained for journalist J Dey’s murder

The three were believed to be working for fugitive gangster Shakeel,the right hand man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,and their antecedents were being verified,he said.

Jyotirmoy Dey (56),Editor (Special Investigation),with Mid Day,who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades,was shot dead in broad daylight by four motorbike-borne assailants at Powai on June 11.

Meanwhile,Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan told reporters after a Cabinet meeting there were ‘some developments’ in the Dey murder case probe.

“There are some developments (in the Dey murder case probe). An important breakthrough is expected soon,” he said,but declined to elaborate,saying “You will be appropriately briefed (by the police).”

The chief minister said he had no idea if anybody has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Chavan said a Cabinet sub-committee would be set up soon to prepare the draft Bill for the protection of journalists. The government,he said,hoped to table the Bill in the legislative Assembly during its monsoon session.