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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...
Jigna Vora is a former crime reporter who gained attention in 2011 when she was arrested for her alleged involvement in the murder of renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey (affectionately known as J Dey). However, she was acquitted of all charges in 2018.
Dec 4, 2011 · Her friends and colleagues describe Jigna Vora, the 11th accused in the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey, who was the Mumbai-based afternoon paper Mid-Day's crime and investigative editor, as an "ambitious upstart" raring to usurp the proximity the senior journalist enjoyed with the underworld don Chhota Rajan.
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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.
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May 2, 2018 · Jigna Vora, a journalist with Asian Age, was accused of supplying information about Mid-Day reporter Jyotirmoy Dey to gangster Chhota Rajan, who was convicted for the murder. The case involved a seven-member gang and a long probe by Mumbai police and CBI.
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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.
