<div>  <div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt">Some of the most recent columns published by our Editor, Special Investigations, who passed away</span></b></div>  <div><br /></div>  <div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Senior journalist and Investigations Editor with leading tabloid MiD DAY, J Dey was shot dead on Saturday afternoon in broad daylight by unidentified persons in Mumbai</span></div>  <div><br /></div>  <div>Mr Dey wrote extensively on the underworld. Dey also authored two books, "Zero Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers" and "Khallas", on Mumbai's underworld.<br /></div>  <div><br /></div>  <div>Here's a compilation of opinions written on MiD DAY by the veteran scribe.</div>  <div><b><br /></b></div>  <div><b><span style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/mar/090311-Commissioner-of-Police-new-appointees-Opinion.htm" target="_blank">Hullabaloo over new appointees</a></span></b></div></div>  <div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">The fever has finally died down after the new Commissioner of Police and Director General of Police have been appointed.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/mar/090311-Commissioner-of-Police-new-appointees-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><br /></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/feb/030211-underworld-Police-mobile-phones-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Indian police coming of age</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mobile phones are dangerous, at least for the denizens of the underworld. Take the case of the 600-odd gangsters killed in separate encounters in the past 16 years</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/feb/030211-underworld-Police-mobile-phones-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div></div>  <div><br /></div>  <div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2010/jul/260710-encounter-specialists-Criminals-Underworld-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Flight of the eagles</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt">When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber, goes an old adage. The adage is especially apt when it comes to controlling crime in the city. The eagles -- encounter specialists -- have been silent for far too long.</span><br /><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2010/jul/260710-encounter-specialists-Criminals-Underworld-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><br /><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/sep/260910-J-Dey-underworld-books-Zero-Dial.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Confessions of a khabri</span></a></b><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt">The name of one, possibly all informers in this book is real. Such a thing's possible because they've lived double lives for so long, hardly anyone knows their real names.</span></div></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/sep/260910-J-Dey-underworld-books-Zero-Dial.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><br /></div>  <div class="msg Nth">  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/oct/221009-dk-rao-gangster-released.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Bhaigiri in Mumbai</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">It is almost a decade since trendsetting ganglord Chhota Rajan's right-hand-man D K Rao was on the streets of Mumbai. And now, he is back.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/oct/221009-dk-rao-gangster-released.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/oct/091009-new-fad-berets.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Cops too love their fads</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">There is a new fad going around. Mumbai's senior police officers have now taken to wearing black berets. Over the past few weeks almost all Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been spotted wearing black berets with even inspectors emulating the seniors.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/oct/091009-new-fad-berets.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/jul/140709-Red-Alerts-false-alarms-Opinion-Mumbai-Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Red alerts, really?</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">The flood of intelligence reports to security agencies warning of terror attacks often makes me wonder about two things its seriousness and more importantly its purpose. With terror alerts being issued by the dozen every single day, it may after all turn out to be the case of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/jul/140709-Red-Alerts-false-alarms-Opinion-Mumbai-Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/jul/240709-Mumbai-police-Jayant-Patil-Maharashtra-police-force-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">A ray of hope</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">There is yet some hope for the Mumbai police, and it lies with Maharashtra's Home Minister Jayant Patil. The soft-spoken minister is clear that the Mumbai police need to be at par with its global counterparts.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/jul/240709-Mumbai-police-Jayant-Patil-Maharashtra-police-force-Opinion.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth">  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/apr/060409-political-rivals-ministers-intelligence-officers-elections-IPS-brinkmanship.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">The carrot and stick game</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">Finally, after all these years, we have a proposed ruling that restricts intelligence officers from discussing their political rivals with ministers.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/apr/060409-political-rivals-ministers-intelligence-officers-elections-IPS-brinkmanship.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><br /></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth">  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/121109-Coast-Guard-Chetak-helicopter-Phyan.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Coast Guard taken for a ride</span></a></b></span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt">Sometimes it is great fun when one knows the inside story and allows others to play the game of deception.</span></div>  <div class="msg Nth"><b><a href="http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/121109-Coast-Guard-Chetak-helicopter-Phyan.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Read more)</span></a></b></div></div></div></div>

Senior journalist and Investigations Editor with leading Mumbai tabloid MiD DAY, J Dey was shot dead on Saturday afternoon in broad daylight by unidentified persons in Mumbai

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