Seven suspects in murder case arrested
Published:Tuesday | June 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM
MUMBAI (AP):
Police have arrested seven suspects in the murder of a Mumbai crime reporter, including four people who allegedly gunned down the reporter and then escaped on motorcycles, officials said yesterday.
A court ordered yesterday that all seven suspects, including three alleged conspirators, be held for a week while the investigation into the death of Jyotirmoy Dey continues.
The suspects are alleged members of an organized crime gang in Maharashtra state, where Mumbai is located, officials said.
Investigations editor
Dey, 56, was the investigations editor at the Mid Day newspaper when he was killed on June 11, and police are looking at his phone records, computer files and reporting to determine whether he was the victim of a contract killing.
The murder sparked outrage from other journalists.
The Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said the case should be handled by federal investigators instead of Mumbai police because Dey was once threatened by a former officer.