Veteran journalist J Dey, who was allegedly shot dead by Chhota Raajan's sharpshooters, was awarded with the Prem Bhatia Memorial Journalism award in the Capital on Thursday.


Honoured: Shubha, wife of Late J Dey, accepts 16th Prem Bhatia
Memorial Award for Journalism, on her husband's behalf, from Air
Chief Marshal (retd) O P Mehra, at India International Centre in New
Delhi on Thursday. Pic/Rajeev Tyagi

Shubha Sharma, the wife of the deceased, and Sachin Kalbagh, executive editor of MiD DAY received the award on behalf of J Dey.

The ceremony was held at India International Center and the occasion was marked with the speech of National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon.