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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.
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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...
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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.
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May 2, 2018 · Jigna Vora, deputy bureau chief of Asian Age, was accused of supplying key information about Dey to underworld gangster Chhota Rajan. A special MCOCA court acquitted her in 2018, while convicting Rajan for the murder of Mid-Day reporter in 2011.
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.
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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.
