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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.
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.
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.
On 21 February 2012, Mumbai Crime Branch chargesheeted journalist Jigna Vora (Deputy Chief of Bureau of Asian Age) under stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and various other penal offences for her alleged role in the sensational murder. Besides the stringent provisions of MCOCA and the Arms Act she has ...
Nov 25, 2018 · Jigna Vora. It was 11.15 am on May 2 this year that the judge inside Room no. 57 of the special MCOCA court in Kala Ghoda, pronounced Accused No. 11, Jigna Vora, not guilty.
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.
