Top editors to meet Maharashtra CM on J Dey's killing
20 Jun 2011
In a fresh initiative from the Press Club, Mumbai, editors of major print and TV networks plan to meet Maharshtra chief minister Prithviraj Chauhan on Tuesday, 21 June to express their concern over the lack of a breakthrough in the investigations into the slaying of MiD-Day investigative editor J Dey.
Among the editors who will be meeting the CM include Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of the Express Group, N.Ram, editor of The Hindu, Arnab Goswami, editor of Times Now, Rahul Joshi, executive editor of The Economic Times, Girish Kuber, editor, Loksatta, Aditya Sinha, editor, DNA and Sachin Kalbag, editor of MiD-day.
The editors, along with a few representatives of journalist organizations, will also demand a transfer of the investigation to the CBI.
Doubts have been raised about the possible links between certain officers of the Mumbai Police and the underworld, and it is doubtful that the local police can do a neutral and efficient investigation that will unearth the plot to kill the senior journalist.
Incidentally, the intervention petition filed by the Press Club, Mumbai, and others will be heard by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday when these issues will be highlighted.
Senior mumbai crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey was gunned down by four unidentified motorcycle-borne killers in broad daylight on 11 June. (See: Mumbai crime reporter gunned down; killers escape)
