Scoop: Murder Of A Crime Reporter In Mumbai

Mumbai Police Commissioner Arun Patnaik and Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy display the murder weapon at the press conference in Mumbai on June 27, 2011.

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On the morning of June 12, 2011, veteran journalist J Dey and I had planned to have tea at his Ghatkopar home. Unfortunately, I ended up attending his funeral instead. Dey was not only a friend and a senior but also my daily acquaintance. During our last conversation, we discussed the Pakmodia Street shootout, where Arif, the bodyguard of Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, was fatally shot in May, a month prior. Subsequently, a person claiming to be underworld don Chhota Rajan contacted TV