J Dey Murder Case: Chhota Rajan, 8 Others Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by MCOCA Court

Mafia don Rajendra S Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and eight others were found guilty in the murder of journalist J Dey by the MCOCA court earlier today.

Mumbai, May 2: A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court on Wednesday convicted gangster Chhota Rajan in the murder of journalist Jyotirmay Dey in June 2011 and sentenced him to a prison term for life. The court also awarded life imprisonment to eight other accused in the J Dey murder case.

Mafia don Rajendra S Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and eight others were found guilty in the murder of journalist J Dey by the MCOCA court earlier today. Journalists Jigna Vora and Joseph Paulsen were acquitted by the court in the case. The verdict comes nearly seven years after J Dey was shot dead in suburban Mumbai.

Chhota Rajan had ordered the “hit” on Dey, a veteran crime reporter of Mumbai. The mafia don was deported from Bali in Indonesia in November 2015 and subsequently made an accused in the case. He is currently lodged in Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi.

The 56-year old Dey, who was the Editor (Investigations) of Midday eveninger, was shot dead on June 11, 2011, near his Powai residence in central suburban Mumbai, shocking the media community. He had written two books: ‘Khallas: An A to Z Guide to the Underworld’ and ‘Zero Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers’.