'Mid-day' journalist shot dead in Mumbai

07:49AM Sat 11 Jun, 2011

A senior journalist with an English daily was on Saturday shot dead by four motorcycle-borne unidentified persons in suburban Powai here, police said.

Jyoti Dey was heading the crime bureau at Mid-Day.

Joint Police Commissioner (Law & Order) Rajnish Seth said Dey was shot dead in the Hiranandani area of Powai.

According to police, four persons riding on two bikes fired at Dey this afternoon.

The shooters escaped from the spot, police said.

source: PTI