Dey's murder: Journalist Associations on hunger strike

JOURNALIST-STRIKE
Mumbai, Jun 15 (PTI) Journalist Associations here are
on a relay hunger strike Wednesday to press for a CBI probe
into the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
On Monday, mediapersons had taken out a protest march
to demand the immediate arrest of the killers.
The western Indian state of Maharashtra government had
assured scribes that it would accept their demand to bring in
a law to protect journalists but refused to hand over the
probe to CBI, India's premier investigating agency, saying
Mumbai Police should be given a fair chance to probe the case.
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had also refused to
consider the demand for resignation of Home Minister R R Patil
and suspension of Mumbai police chief Arup Patnaik.
In order to press for their demands, the scribes have
decided to continue their agitation by resorting to a relay
hunger strike Wednesday.
Journalists sat on a chain hunger strike in the
compound of Marathi Patrakar Bhavan at Azad Maidan here.
The Patrakar Hall Virodhi Kruti Samiti along with
other Associations are also participating in it.
Dey, who headed the crime bureau in Mid-Day tabloid,
was shot dead by four unidentified gunmen at Hiranandani
complex in suburban Powai on June 11. PTI MR
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