Jyotirmoy dey biography examples

Indian journalist

Jyotirmoy Dey (1955– 11 June 2011), also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for Mid-Day (a tabloid newspaper published in several cities in India) and an expert on the Mumbai underworld.

He was shot to death by motorcycle-borne sharpshooters on 11 June 2011.

Career

Dey started his career with Hindustan Times. A wildlife enthusiast, he first started writing on forest encroachment and the man-animal conflict in Borivali National Park.

A story about government departments taking away land in the reserved national park created a furore in the state legislature.

He started his journalistic career as a freelancer with Afternoon Despatch and Courier writing about crime in the wildlife areas.

Jyotirmoy dey biography examples

He also dabbled in photojournalism. He then started free lancing for Mid-Day before joining them full-time. He joined Indian Express in 1996 and soon switched to covering crime st