The police are now collecting more CCTV footages — hoping to get a clear image of the assailants — and call details of all public call office (PCO) booths located within 1.5km of the spot where Dey was killed.
A week after the murder of senior journalist J Dey, the Mumbai police are still struggling for leads to catch the killers.
The police are now collecting more closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) footages — hoping to get a clear image of the assailants — and call details of all public call office (PCO) booths located within 1.5km of the spot where Dey was killed, a senior police official, who is part of the investigation team, said on condition of anonymity.
On June 11, Dey was riding his bike in Powai, when four unidentified men, two each on two motorcycles, shot and killed him. Earlier, the police had collected footages from nine CCTV cameras located on private premises near the spot of the shooting, but the images captured were blurred.
“We have got nine different CCTV feeds from corporate houses located in the area and have sent them to the forensic department for video enhancement. These footages might give us some idea of what transpired before Dey reached the spot and after he was shot dead,” said a crime branch officer, requesting anonymity.
The police said that they have received telephone records of Dey’s mobile phone from 1.31pm — when he left his mother’s place at Ghatkopar (West) — to 2.45pm, when he was shot dead.
“As Dey would often use PCOs to make calls to his sources, we are checking the call details of PCOs in the area with the numbers in his mobile phone. We have received the locations where Dey was when he received phone calls before he was shot and are trying to get more details regarding those calls,” the crime branch officer added.
The police are, however, yet to figure out why the senior journalist took 75 minutes to travel from Vraj Villa in Amrut Nagar in Ghatkopar (West) to Powai, around 30 minutes more then the usual time taken to cover the same distance.
DNA had first reported that the police are trying to get details of what Dey did or whom he spoke with in these 75 minutes, as they believe that this could lead to some crucial clues.
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