Take Zero Dial: The Dangerous World Of Informers Executed By Jyotirmoy Dey Expressed As E-Text
book is not a work of fiction, These are the stories collected by the author over a period oftoyears, for which he was finally murdered last year owing to the knowledge he had gained.
Overall, this is a book packed with a lot of info about the gangsters and terrorists in India their secret code language, their gestures, the police procedures, and a lot of other things including the lives of informers and how they operate.
But this book doesnt come without any downsides, The book is divided inparts that coverdifferent informers and their life's stories, And throughout the book, the author jumps from past to present and back again, And every time, it becomes very confusing whether the author is talking about the present, or whether the character or the real person/informer has switched back to thinking of his past.
The book written by slain journalist J Dey is a minefield of information and makes you marvel at the inroads he had made into the grimy world of khabris.
The material however is betrayed by the edit hand and could have been so much more than it ultimately turns out to be.
However, worth a read for crime buffs!! This book is about "khabris", . how they operate. . providing vital information to police, . set during that time when underworld was at its peak in Mumbai, . author narrates about life's of some zero's who were important in cracking some of the cases related to underworld, . . although it is a good read, sometimes while reading you feel some events may not have occurred in that way, . . some events like others have pointed are not true, . . overall it is good book to read, . . !!! An average book. Disheartened that there are incidents which have been mentioned incorrectly, Such as, Rohit Verma was killed in Bangkok and not in an encounter in mumbai in, Gangster vicky malhotra was arrested after ducking police forces foryears in the yearin New Delhi, then how can he be there in.
Good book but distorted facts, Egged on by Hussain Zaidi's Dongri to Dubai, I picked up my copy of this J Dey book, relinquishing somehwere under a pile of other unread books.
I had bought this book after j Dey had been brutally murdered, This book from POV of three crucial informers Ahmed, Rahim and Sedeteen I read it as Sade teen that,hrs. An informer constantly walks a tight rope in the world of crime and yet some breakthroughs happen solely because of them, Most police informers are on wrong side of law themselves and money is prime motivator for them,
Book focuses on Police, crime branch, ATS and IB's chase of Riyaz Bhatkal, a smalltime extortionist who with the help of his recuirting brother Iqbal Bhatkal became India's most wanted Indian Muzahideen IM mastermind terrorist, responsible for causingbomb blasts across various cities and states in India.
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I have to add this to my review, Considering that this book was written by a journalist, it is sort of shocking that some facts are wrong, Killing of Rohit Varma in Bombay at
behest of an informer is not quite true since Rohit Varma, a Chota Rajan aide was killed in Bangakok at Rajan's house in a hit ordered by Dawood's right hand man Chota Shakeel.
So, stories in this book will need to be read with a pinch of salt, This book talks about the police informerszero in the Mumbai underworld,their life style and their highly intelligent process of information gathering.
It also gives a picture of Mumbai underworld,the rise of terrorism in it and the ineligibility of Mumbai police to act in this new terrain.
There is hint of the current rivalry between the central intelligency and the Mumbai police ATS, Overall this book contains a lot of real facts and the author of the book has already been murdered for "knowing a lot".
Jyotirmoy Dey Bengali: জযতরময দJune, also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for MiD DAY a tabloid newspaper published in several cities in India and an expert on the Mumbai underworld.
Dey started his career with Hindustan Times, A wildlife enthusiast, he first started writing on forest encroachment and the man animal conflict in Borivali National Park, A story about government departments taking away land in the reserved national park created a furore in the state legislature, He started his journalistic career as a freelancer with Afternoon Despatch and Courier writing about crime in the wildlife areas, He also dabbled in photojournalism, He t Jyotirmoy Dey Bengali: জযতরময দJune, also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for MiD DAY a tabloid newspaper published in several cities in India and an expert on the Mumbai underworld.
Dey started his career with Hindustan Times, A wildlife enthusiast, he first started writing on forest encroachment and the man animal conflict in Borivali National Park, A story about government departments taking away land in the reserved national park created a furore in the state legislature, He started his journalistic career as a freelancer with Afternoon Despatch and Courier writing about crime in the wildlife areas, He also dabbled in photojournalism, He then started free lancing for Mid Day before joining them full time, He joined Indian Express inand soon switched to covering crime stories, especially on Mumbai underworld, In, he joined Hindustan Times, He later re joined MiD Day as crime and investigations editor, Dey had authored two books on underworld activities, Zero Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers and Khallas, He has done many reports on underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan, He was shot dead by motorcycle borne sharpshooters onJune, sitelink.