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Jigna Vora (born 1974) is a former Indian journalist. She was falsely accused of having a connection in the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and was booked under MCOCA. Her biographical memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison inspired the 2023 Netflix series Scoop.
Jun 8, 2023 · More than five months after the killing, police had arrested Jigna Vora, the deputy bureau chief of the English daily Asian Age, in connection with Dey’s killing. Police had accused her of “conspiracy to murder” and cited professional rivalry as the motive.
May 2, 2018 · Jigna Vora, 44, broke down in the court when special MCOCA judge Sameer Adkar announced her acquittal. The court sentenced Chhota Rajan and eight others to life imprisonment for the murder by...
Dec 4, 2011 · The Mumbai Police say Vora, who has been booked on charges of murder and conspiracy under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (NCOCA) after her arrest from her parental home in the city's Ghatkopar suburb on November 25, acted as an agent provocateur in the murder.
May 3, 2018 · We have 38 damning transcripts of Jigna Vora with Chhota Rajan plotting the murder of J Dey,” the then joint commissioner of police, crime, Himanshu Roy, claimed in the presence of the late home minister R R Patil. The meeting was arranged by Gurbir Singh, the then president of the Mumbai Press Club.
Sep 17, 2019 · Arrested, acquitted: Jigna Vora recounts her trauma after being accused in journalist J Dey’s murder After seven years, Vora, a journalist on the crime beat, was acquitted of all charges.
The series is based on the real life story of Mumbai-based journalist Jigna Vora, who was arrested for allegedly conspiring with gangster Chhota Rajan in the killing of veteran crime reporter J Dey in 2011. While Rajan was sentenced to life imprisonment, Vora was acquitted seven years after the killing.
May 3, 2018 · Former journalist Jigna Vora (42) broke down inside the courtroom on Wednesday as the special CBI court pronounced the judgment of her acquittal in the case of murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in 2011.
May 2, 2018 · The 56-year-old journalist with Mid-Day was shot dead by motorcycle-borne shooters in Powai on June 11, 2011. Paulson Joseph and Jigna Vora were acquitted by the court. The special CBI court sentenced all nine accused, including Chhota Rajan, to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist J Dey.
May 2, 2018 · Earlier the court acquitted journalist Jigna Vora, who had been accused of instigating the murder, and Paulson Joseph. J Dey was shot dead in Powai on June 11, 2011, allegedly at the behest of...
