Vinod Asrani aka Vinod Chembur aka Vinod Sindhi, a key accused in the J Dey murder case, died in Global Hospital in Parel in the wee hours of yesterday. Asrani, who had allegedly helped the shooters identify Dey, was a close aide of gangster Chhota Rajan and had risen from being a public telephone booth operator to a bookie and well-known builder in the Chembur area.

Vinod Asrani’s body being taken for the last rites yesterday