Mumbai, May 25 (TOI): A witness deposing in the journalist J Dey murder trial told the MCOCA special judge Sameer Adkar he had received a call from Chhota Rajan in August 2011. Police had taped the conversation, which took place two months after Dey's murder in Mumbai.

Special public prosecutor Pradip Gharat played the brief taped conversation in court on Wednesday to prove its contents and fix the identity of the caller. In the conversation, Rajan is heard telling the witness that accused Jigna Vora, also a journalist, used to keep on calling him to say things "against him (Dey)" and that he had worked for the rival gang.

Vora has been charged for furnishing information which facilitated the killing. She has been out on bail since July 2012.

The prosecution had earlier submitted a forensic report in court of a positive voice match from the voice in the tape and with that of Rajan.

Two sharpshooters had fired at Dey from two motorcycles in Powai, with two men in a four-wheeler alongside.