Chhota Shakeel men detained for journalist Jyotirmoy Dey's murder

MUMBAI: Four days after the murder of Mid Day journalist J Dey, police have detained three persons, believed to be members of Chhota Shakeel gang, in connection with the killing.

"Three people have been detained. We are probing their role (in the case). We want to be sure (of their involvement in the crime) before jumping to a conclusion...," a senior crime branch official said on condition of anonymity.

The three were believed to be working for fugitive gangster Shakeel, the right hand man of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and their antecedents were being verified, he said.

Jyotirmoy Dey (56), editor (special investigation), with Mid Day, who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades, was shot dead in broad daylight by four motorbike-borne assailants at Powai on June 11.