The Mumbai police today cracked the case claiming that underworld don Chhota Rajan was behind the murder, even as they remained tight-lipped about the motive.
The Mumbai police today cracked the case claiming that underworld don Chhota Rajan was behind the murder of senior crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, even as they remained tight-lipped about the motive.
Here’s how the killers stalked Dey before he was shot dead on June 11 at Powai.
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The murder was planned by Rohit Thangappan alias Satish Kalya at the behest of Chhota Rajan. Kalya is a known shooter of Rajan gang and has worked for him earlier too.
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While three persons were arrested from Mumbai, three were arrested from Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu and one from Solapur.
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Kalya had received a call from Chhota Rajan around 20 days before June 11, the day when Dey was shot dead.
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Rajan told Kalya he needs him to do a job and that money and weapons would be provided. Kalya then collected Rs2 lakh from Chembur and the murder weapon along with 25 rounds of cartridges from Nainital.
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Rajan had kept the identity of the target a secret but had given description of the victim and his bike number a week before the killing.
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Rajan had told Kalya, the target would be found either in Parel (where Mid-Day office is located) or in Powai, where Dey stays
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On June 9 and 10, Kalya along with his associate Anil Waghmode had formed a team of seven persons, tried to spot Dey in Powai area but failed.
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On June 11, they spotted him and Kalya, who was riding pillion, fired five rounds at Dey. Kalia, 34, used a Czech revolver and 25 "extremely deadly cartridges" that had been provided to him for the kill.
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After the murder, all the seven accused as per their plan went to Jogeshwari where they saw the news about the incident on television.
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The killers had no idea their target was a journalist. When they realised that they had killed a journalist, Kalya called up Rajan who assured them to stay calm. Rajan then asked them to collect Rs3 lakh more and go out of Mumbai.
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After that the seven accused travelled around various places like Gujarat, Shirdi, Karnataka, Bijapur, Sangli, Solapur, Bangalore, Madurai and Rameshwaram.
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