Police probing the killing of senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey suspect that the weapon and bullets used in the murder might have been smuggled from Nepal by a middle man, who handed them over to one of the gunmen at Nainital in Uttarakhand.
"The 0.32 US-made revolver and 20 live rounds along with five empty cartridges had been seized from the arrested seven accused and we suspect they were brought from Nepal by a middle man, who handed them over to the gunman Rohee Joseph alias Satish Kalya," said a
senior Crime Branch official.
On Sunday night, police arrested Kalya (34), Abhijeet Shinde (28), Arun Dake (27), Sachin Gaikwad (27), Anil Waghmode (35), Nilesh Shendge (34) and Mangesh Agawane (25) in connection with Dey's murder on June 11.
The 56-year-old Mid-Day reporter was gunned down at the behest of gangster Chhota Rajan, who paid Rs 5 lakh to the accused, police have said.A team of Crime Branch will soon visit Nainital where members of Rajan and another gangster, Bunty Pandey, who is currently lodged in Mumbai jail, were active, police said.
Police are not ruling out possibility that Pandey's gang members may have assisted Kalya, a Rajan aide, in procuring the revolver. Rajan's former aide D K Rao, questioned by the Crime Branch after the reporter's murder, was untraceable after the case was cracked,
they said.
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"The 0.32 US-made revolver and 20 live rounds along with five empty cartridges had been seized from the arrested seven accused and we suspect they were brought from Nepal by a middle man, who handed them over to the gunman Rohee Joseph alias Satish Kalya," said a
senior Crime Branch official.
On Sunday night, police arrested Kalya (34), Abhijeet Shinde (28), Arun Dake (27), Sachin Gaikwad (27), Anil Waghmode (35), Nilesh Shendge (34) and Mangesh Agawane (25) in connection with Dey's murder on June 11.
The 56-year-old Mid-Day reporter was gunned down at the behest of gangster Chhota Rajan, who paid Rs 5 lakh to the accused, police have said.A team of Crime Branch will soon visit Nainital where members of Rajan and another gangster, Bunty Pandey, who is currently lodged in Mumbai jail, were active, police said.
Police are not ruling out possibility that Pandey's gang members may have assisted Kalya, a Rajan aide, in procuring the revolver. Rajan's former aide D K Rao, questioned by the Crime Branch after the reporter's murder, was untraceable after the case was cracked,
they said.
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