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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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Chhota Rajan convicted in J Dey’s murder; court acquits crime journalist Jigna Vora. Ace crime reporter S HUSSAIN ZAIDI does a post-mortem of the murder and media trial.
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.
