India News: murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Killers caught on camera.

CCTV evidence in Dey case, killers caught on camera

Shoaib Ahmed , CNN-IBN
Updated Jun 29, 2011 at 07:38am IST

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New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed CCTV footage that shows the alleged four of the seven accused involved in the daylight murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.

The video shows four of them closely trailing J Dey on a bike before gunning him down. But this footage might not have much evidentiary value in the court of law, as the faces of the accused are not visible due to rain.

The Mumbai Crime Branch has cracked the J Dey murder case. CNN-IBN has accessed a video that captures the moments before the June 11 shootout in which the veteran crime reporter was killed. The video reveals how underworld don Chhota Rajan's sharpshooters tailed Dey before gunning him down.

Four of six assailants are seen on two bikes following J Dey at a traffic junction near the crime scene. These images were captured by CCTV cameras installed at a nearby building and corroborate investigators' theory that the murder was meticulously planned.

"This was very professionally done, they had a Qualis ready as well to escape in case things go wrong," said Himanshu Roy, Joint CP (Crime), Mumbai.

Mumbai police had scrutinised this footage on the day of the murder itself. But it didn't appear to be of much help because the visuals were hazy as it was raining that day. The assailants’ faces nor the colours of their clothes were visible. But investigators were able to get a fair idea of these bike-borne assailants thanks to help of the five eyewitnesses, and were able to eventually nab them.

But this footage is not likely to be of much evidentiary value. The trial court may reject it altogether as the faces of the accused are not visible.

However, the prosecution may not need the CCTV footage during the trial as it already has strong material evidence like the revolver, the three bikes and the Qualis car allegedly used in the murder as evidence.

While these visuals will be scrutinized further in the public domain, investigators are will dig deeper to zero in on the motive behind the murder. They will soon question the tour operator who arranged for the J Dey's Europe trip just over a month before the shootout.

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