India mob boss found guilty of journalist murder

    An Indian gangster has been found guilty of the murder of a journalist.

    Crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead by four men on motorcycles in Mumbai in 2011. The court ruled that notorious mob boss Chhota Rajan had ordered the killing.

    He has been in custody since 2015 after he was extradited from Indonesia and is awaiting sentencing.

    Mr Dey, 56, was one of Mumbai's top crime journalists and had published several stories on the city's gangsters, including Rajan.

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