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j dey Mumbai: A senior crime reporter working with Mumbai-based tabloid Mid-Day was on Saturday shot dead near his residence in Powai.Journalist J Dey was attacked by four unknown assailants, of which two were bike-borne.One of the bike-borne attackers opened fire from close range and shot five bullets. Three of them hit Dey.The journalist was immediately rushed to the Hiranandani hospital but succumbed to his injuries.Dey worked as the Special Investigations Editor with Mid-Day and had recently authored a book 'Zero Dial' on police informers.He used to mostly cover the underworld for the Mumbai-based tabloid.Dey was apparently working on investigative stories about the oil mafia and had a couple of them lined up for publication in near future.Talking to Dailybhaskar.com's Nishant Bhuse on Friday evening.

he had said that he was also working on a book concerning the underworld and the oil mafia, and that his stories could make big revelations.Dey had earlier written a book, 'Khallas', on the underworld lingo.Reacting to the incident, Mid-Day editor Abhijit Majumder posted a tweet terming Dey as "the most knowlegdable, upright crime reporter".Slamming the Mumbai Police, he posted a tweet saying: "Shame, Bombay police. A senior journalist like J Dey gets shot in the heart of city. Like of Dawood rule."He further tweeted, "Police chief should resign over J Dey's death, and the long-inept state govt must answer some hard questions."Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who was a good friend of Dey, told Dailybhaskar.com that he was shocked at the incident. Pointing that Dey had always been unbiased in his reporting, it needs to be confirmed if the attackers were from underworld, as even they respected his unbiased approach while covering underworld.

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