The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would name a chowk in Powai after senior crime journalist J. Dey, who was assassinated on that spot about five years ago.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would name a chowk in Powai after senior crime journalist J. Dey, who was assassinated on that spot about five years ago.
To mark his contribution to journalism and crime reporting, the Powai Garden’s D-Mart Chowk would be named as ‘J Dey Chowk’. The ceremony of unveiling the plaque for the ‘J Dey Chowk’ — just across the road from where he was gunned down — will be at the hands of the mayor Snehal Ambekar, on Wednesday, July 13 at 11 am. The unveiling will be followed by a memorial meeting at the Fern Hotel, next to the chowk.
A little over five years ago, on 11 June 2011, Dey was killed amidst a hail of bullets in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai.
“The inauguration of the J. Dey Chowk is a very important event for journalists. It not only is a mark to the memory of the fighter J. Dey; it is also a reminder that the case is not closed and the investigation and perhaps arrest of some of the main killers is still on the agenda. The chowk is also a remembrance for nearly a dozen journalists who have died in the line of duty in recent months in what is seen as amongst the worst periods of media freedom for this country. Nailing down crucial details of J Dey’s killing — who was behind the trigger and what was the motive — is still wide open,” said an official of the Mumbai Press Club, which had launched the ‘Justice for J Dey’ campaign.
