Ahead of the deportation of underworld don Chhota Rajan to India, Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed said on Thursday that if they received orders from the courts, the crime branch would have a “fresh look” at the sensational J Dey murder case, in which Rajan has been named as the key conspirator.
Responding to a request from the long-pending demand of journalists for a detailed probe into the J Dey murder case, Javed said: “As per the process of law, everything would be looked afresh. The main accused would be available for trial...all aspects would be examined...nothing would be left for doubt.”
Interacting with the media at the Mumbai Press Club, Javed said: “The main culprit would have to go through a legal process and evidence would be gathered to put up a case in the court”.
“The J Dey murder case is on trial before the courts. The Police cannot reopen the case independently. If the courts however order a reinvestigation, the Mumbai Police as an investigation agency, is duty bound to do so,” Javed said.
Fifty-six-year-old Dey, who was an Editor (Special Investigations) with Mid-Day, was gunned down by a group of motorbike-borne gangsters at Powai in north-east Mumbai on June 11, 2011. Investigations have revealed that Dey was bumped off at the behest of Rajan.
On June 8, a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court here on Monday framed charges against the 10 accused, including an arrested fellow reporter Jigna Vora, in the J Dey murder case.