<p>Journalists Associations here today began their relay hunger strike to press for a CBI probe into the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.<br /><br />On Monday, mediapersons had taken out a protest march to demand the immediate arrest of the killers. The Maharashtra government had assured to accept their demand to bring in a law to protect journalists although it refused to hand over the probe to CBI, and said the Mumbai police should be given a fair chance to investigate the case.<br /><br />Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had also refused to consider demand for resignation of Home Minister R R Patil and suspension of Mumbai police chief Arup Patnaik.<br /><br />In order to press for the pending demands, the scribes have decided to continue their agitation by resorting to a relay hunger strike today. Journalists sat on a chain hunger strike in the compound of Marathi Patrakar Bhavan at Azad Maidan here.<br /><br />The Patrakar Hall Virodhi Kruti Samiti along with other Associations are also participating in it. Dey, who headed the crime bureau in Mid-day tabloid, was shot dead by four unidentified gunmen at Hiranandani complex in suburban Powai on June 11.</p>
<p>Journalists Associations here today began their relay hunger strike to press for a CBI probe into the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.<br /><br />On Monday, mediapersons had taken out a protest march to demand the immediate arrest of the killers. The Maharashtra government had assured to accept their demand to bring in a law to protect journalists although it refused to hand over the probe to CBI, and said the Mumbai police should be given a fair chance to investigate the case.<br /><br />Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had also refused to consider demand for resignation of Home Minister R R Patil and suspension of Mumbai police chief Arup Patnaik.<br /><br />In order to press for the pending demands, the scribes have decided to continue their agitation by resorting to a relay hunger strike today. Journalists sat on a chain hunger strike in the compound of Marathi Patrakar Bhavan at Azad Maidan here.<br /><br />The Patrakar Hall Virodhi Kruti Samiti along with other Associations are also participating in it. Dey, who headed the crime bureau in Mid-day tabloid, was shot dead by four unidentified gunmen at Hiranandani complex in suburban Powai on June 11.</p>
