By IANS,
New Delhi : Wearing black ribbons, journalists from media associations like the Editors Guild of India, the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) and the Press Association came together here Tuesday to condemn the murder of Mumbai-based investigative journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
Dey, who worked for Mid Day, was shot dead by four unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants near his residence in Powai in Mumbai Saturday afternoon, sending shock waves through the city’s media circles.
Daipayan Halder, resident editor of Mid Day, said: “Journalists have to come together and push for laws to prevent something like this happening in the future. We have to raise our voice in a collective manner.”
Coomi Kapoor of the Editors Guild of India, who had worked with Dey, said: “His stories used to be straightforward. He was a man of remarkable courage.”
Another former colleague, Narendra Tripathi, added: “He was such a humble figure. The word ‘no’ was never there in his dictionary.”
Senior journalist Prabhu Chawla said that the government cannot be relied upon anymore.
Saroj Nagi of the IWPC said: “We need to make sure that the anger and sorrow that we are expressing now doesn’t end with the meeting today.”
The hour-long meeting at the Press Club of India here was followed by a demonstration, with protesters shouting slogans calling for justice and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Dey’s murder.