Mumbai: The Mumbai police, probing the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, today took into custody a laptop, a hard disk and some important documents from his residence.
"We have some important leads in the case. We have taken Dey's laptop, hard disk and certain documents from his residence in Powai. Examination of these articles would help us in investigations," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Himanshu Roy, said.
Preliminary investigations by the Crime Branch have revealed that the assailants may have been hired from outside the city and Dey's recent articles on oil mafia might be the immediate trigger behind the murder, he said.
"We are probing the incident from all angles. But our line of investigation is going towards checking the possible involvement of people associated with the oil mafia. The journalist had extensively written on oil mafia, which may have triggered them to eliminate him," said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, Dey was cremated today at suburban Ghatkopar amid presence of politicians and a large number of media persons who had turned up to pay their last respects to the senior journalist.
"We have some important leads in the case. We have taken Dey's laptop, hard disk and certain documents from his residence in Powai. Examination of these articles would help us in investigations," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Himanshu Roy, said.
Preliminary investigations by the Crime Branch have revealed that the assailants may have been hired from outside the city and Dey's recent articles on oil mafia might be the immediate trigger behind the murder, he said.
"We are probing the incident from all angles. But our line of investigation is going towards checking the possible involvement of people associated with the oil mafia. The journalist had extensively written on oil mafia, which may have triggered them to eliminate him," said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity.
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Meanwhile, Dey was cremated today at suburban Ghatkopar amid presence of politicians and a large number of media persons who had turned up to pay their last respects to the senior journalist.
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