Deepak Sisodia, a convict in the June 2011 murder of journalist J Dey, mid-day’s special investigation editor, has not reported to the prison authority after his 45-day parole ended on March 8. Maharashtra prison officials registered a case in the matter and transferred it to Haldwani police station in Uttarakhand, Sisodia’s home turf where his wife and guarantor of parole Neelam resides, to investigate the matter. Uttarakhand cops suspect Sisodia has escaped to a safe haven in Nepal.

Sisodia had helped Dey’s shooters acquire a gun. A special MCOCA court on May 2, 2018 sentenced Sisodia, gangster Chhota Rajan and seven others to life imprisonment.