The UN condemnation of the broad daylight muder of senior Mid Day investigative scribe Jyotirmoy Dey in Powai area of Mumbai must be taken seriously by the Central govt. It must pursue the CBI investigation into scribe murder immediately. Dey was was writing investigative reporting on underworld, police and oil mafia nexus. The entire journalistic community is deeply shocked and saddened over his murder in the country.
We urge the government to get scribe's murder investigated by the most competent and independent agency with all sincerity and promptness because the case is vital that if journalists are to meet their duty to serve as watchdogs reporting professionally on the work of government, civil society and business. Journalists need to be supported as they ensure that informed citizens are able to take an active part in society.
The question here arises that when the watch dogs of society are so mercilessly killed and the assailants flee away without any fear of law enforcing agencies, how it is possible for them to carry out their professional duty. Journalists carry out their professional responsibility under any circumstances in the interest of society.
J Day was a fearless senior journalist and never compromised with his professional responsibility. Press is the fourth estate and it plays most important role in democracy. Journalists are the voice of the people and always dedicate their life to bring betterment in government and society.
Day’s brutal killing has sent shock waves throughout the country. The journalistic community is living in fear. The Central government must immediately intervene in the matter and ask the Maharashtra government to do its best to uncover the plot of the murder of an upright scribe. The honourable court of law has also taken serious notice of the murder of J Day.
There is urgent need to institute CBI probe into the murder so that the nexus between underworld, police and oil mafia could be exposed. There is every possibility of the complicity of underworld, police and oil mafia in J Day murder. Their strong nexus is eveident in not only Mumbai but also the entire Maharashtra as we had seen last year that a collector rank officer in a district was burnt alive allegedly by oil mafia goons.
The UN has rightly condemned the killing of Indian investigative scribe, Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai who had extensively covered underworld, demanding support for journalists acting as watchdogs.
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