By IANS,
New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari Wednesday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of Mumbai journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, who specialised on the underworld.
Saying that Dey had “an unflinching commitment to the cause of fearless and objective reporting”, Gadkari supported the demand for a CBI probe into the issue.
“We officially support the demand that this case be handed over to the CBI,” Gadkari said in his letter.
He said that amidst allegations of police involvement in the murder, handing over the case to the CBI will ensure an unbiased probe.
The BJP president also pointed out at the possibility of underworld links and collaboration between “criminal elements and the terrorist tendencies”.
“I would request you to look into the possibility of the involvement of some of the underworld dons, from here as well as from abroad, in this heinous crime. As I understand, this incident also signals the joining of hands of criminal elements and terrorist tendencies,” Gadkari said.
Dey, an investigative reporter with Mid-Day, was shot dead by four unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants as he was riding his motorcycle near his residence in Powai June 11.
The Mumbai police, who have so far not made any headway in the case, released a sketch of one of the suspects Monday.