mumbai: Mumbai police have released the sketch of the man suspected to have shot dead investigative journalist J Dey in Mumbai on Saturday. The police said the sketch was made based on eyewitness accounts. "We have definite leads in the case," Mumbai police chief Arup Patnaik said.
Dey, 56 and a senior journalist working with MiD DAY, was shot in broad daylight outside a mall close to his home in the suburban Powai area of the city. According to the police, four motorcycle-borne men fired at Mr Dey. The shooters then escaped from the spot.
Police had said that, "Approximately nine entry-exit wounds were found which means at least 5 bullets were fired."
Mr Dey was considered to be arguably India's best-connected writer on the Mumbai underworld. He spent most of his reporting career bringing out accounts of the goings-on in the Mumbai underworld for several newspapers including the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times.
He was the author of 'Zero Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers' and 'Khallas' - considered a dictionary on the Mumbai underworld.
Curiously, the journalist met with his end while he was reportedly working on a series on Dawood Ibrahim.
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