Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday claimed that the leads in Mid Day journalist Jyotirmoy Dey's murder case point towards the involvement of the oil mafia. Chavan met a delegation of Mumbai journalists and told them that Dey was on the verge of exposing the oil mafia.
Rejecting the demand for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chavan said that the state police should be given a chance to solve the murder case. Chavan also rejected the journalists’ demand for the resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and Mumbai Police Commissioner.
The delegation conveyed to the Chief Minister that the state government should solve the case within two weeks or a bigger agitation would be launched.
Chavan assured the delegation of speedy action in the case and added that a bill to protect journalists will be tabled in the monsoon session of the state Assembly.
Journalists have planned a chain hunger strike from 9 AM onwards on June 15 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai to protest against rising incidents of attacks on the media and to put pressure on the state government.
Earlier, Mumbai Police sources claimed to have got some leads in the Dey murder case and said that Crime Branch teams have been sent out of Mumbai to act on the leads.
Sources also say a number of people in Mumbai including underworld informants and local criminals are being questioned in the connection with Dey's murder. Sources add a revolver could have been used to carry out the murder.
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