Senior investigative and political journalist Abhay Mokashi passed away in Mumbai on May 2 after a months-long battle with terminal-stage stomach cancer and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He was cremated on May 3, his 69th birthday, at the electric crematorium in Borivli, in the presence of around 100 family members, friends, colleagues, and students.

Mokashi spent a significant part of his career at mid-day, first as City Editor (head of the reporting section) and later as Political Editor. Before joining mid-day, he blazed a trail at The Indian Express with a series of investigative reports, one of which brought down a sitting chief minister.