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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Mid Day scribe's killing: Sandalwood smuggler may have got Dey murdered by S Ahmed Ali & Mateen Hafeez

Mid Day scribe's killing: Sandalwood smuggler may have got Dey murdered by S Ahmed Ali & Mateen Hafeez

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published Published on Jun 16, 2011   modified Modified on Jun 16, 2011

The Mumbai police suspect that Mid Day scribe Jyotirmoy Dey may have been killed at the instance of a south Mumbai businessman who is into smuggling of red sandalwood.

"Dey was working on a story that could have exposed him. The businessman, through his underworld contacts, executed the murder. This is one of the key motives that has emerged from our interrogation," a police officer said. The businessman offered Rs 10 lakh to get the story suppressed through Bobby, but Dey refused to accept it, the officer said.

Police are also probing whether Dey was killed because of the stories that he planned to write on a senior cop's alleged links with fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.

Police said they suspect Bobby acted as a middleman between Dey and the businessman. "Bobby provided information on the businessman to Dey. He then approached the businessman and tipped him off about Dey's plans to write a story on him. The businessman told Bobby that he was willing to pay Rs 10 lakh to Dey if he dropped the story," said police sources.

Bobby, who dropped out after VIIth standard at Habib High School in Dongri, had reportedly been working for the Chhota Rajan gang in late '90s when he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life. "The shooters by mistake killed one of Bobby's friends then," said a source.

"Bobby had informed Dey that a consignment would be sent abroad as fruits from Nhava Sheva port. But it contained red sandalwood." It is also alleged that Bobby met Dey on June 10, a day before he was shot, to identify their target. "There was some conversation between the shooters and Dey before they opened fire on June 11. However, they were most probably just threatening him," said the source.

Police said they are gathering details of Mateen and Anwar. Anwar's brother, Arif Kalia, a key member of the Chhota Shakeel gang, was shot dead in 1998 in a police encounter, sources said.

The police are also trying to trace Gujarat-born suspect Haji, involved in at least three murder and attempt to murder cases. "He was seen in Mumbai a day before Dey's killling. After Dey was shot dead, Haji is learnt to have headed towards Pune. There is no information about his whereabouts," said a source.

Haji, said sources, met the businessman last week. It is not clear whether Haji organized the shooters. "The businessman came from Dubai to Mumbai two weeks ago and a day before Dey's killing, he left India for Dubai again," said a source. The businessman's uncle and a south Mumbai politician are business partners.

The Times of India, 16 June, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mid-Day-scribes-killing-Sandalwood-smuggler-may-have-got-Dey-murdered/articleshow/8868778.cms


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