Note from the editor

Truth is the first casualty of war, the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus told us. Were he alive today, he might have observed that truth has died of unnatural causes in the reportage surrounding the murder of MiD DAY's Crime and Investigations Editor J Dey.

If reports in leading newspapers and television news channels quoting unnamed police officers are to be believed, Dey: a) Was a conduit for underworld don Chhota Shakeel; b) Regularly travelled abroad to meet underworld dons; c) Was "close" to underworld don Chhota Rajan; d) Was to go to the Philippines in June to give away Rajan's location to Chhota Shakeel; e) Met another underworld don, Iqbal Mirchi, in London during a personal visit.