Mumbai: Over a fortnight after she was granted bail by the special MCOCA court in journalist J Dey murder case, scribe Jigna Vora has finally walked out of the prison, sources said on Monday.
"Vora was released on Saturday from jail after completing the necessary formalities," said a source at Byculla jail, where she was lodged since her arrest.
Vora was granted bail on July 27 by the court on grounds that she has a child to look after and is a single parent and that her detention was not required in absence of any strong argument from the prosecution for denying her the relief.
Vora, deputy chief of bureau of English daily Asian Age, was arrested on November 25, 2011 for her alleged complicity in the murder of fellow journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Editor (Investigations) with city tabloid Mid-Day....
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11:20 PM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday will hear the bail plea of Jigna Vora, prime accused in the murder of journalist J Dey. Vora faces charges of criminal conspiracy and mobile phone records were recently submitted before the court as evidence. The police believe the murder may be related to Dey's reporting on the oil mafia and professional rivalry between him and Vora. Vora was arrested on...
07:16 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Mumbai: A Sessions court posted for hearing till Monday the bail plea of Jigna Vora, prime accused in the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Meanwhile, six mobile phone records were submitted in court in the form of a CD. Jigna Vora has been accused of playing a major role in the murder of the Mid Day journalist, who was shot dead in Mumbai on June 11, 2011, by four bike-borne assailants....
02:36 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: A court on Saturday adjourned till July 17 its order on journalist Jigna Vora's bail plea in the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Vora was arrested on November 25, 2011, on charges of criminal conspiracy in the murder case. J Dey, a senior crime journalist with MiD Day, was shot dead in Mumbai on June 11, 2011, by four bike-borne assailants. The police believe the murder may be related...
01:13 PM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: A Mumbai court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the accused in journalist Jyotirmoy Deys murder case till February 14. Journalist Jigna Vora was among those who appeared in the court on Monday. J Dey, a senior crime journalist with MiD Day, was shot dead on June 11 last year near his residence in Powai, central Mumbai by motorcycle-borne assailants. Vora stands accused of providing information about...
07:15 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday extended the judicial custody of all the arrested accused, including journalist Jigna Vora, in the J Dey murder case till January 30. Vora, former deputy chief of bureau of `Asian Age' daily, was arrested on November 25 on a charge of providing vital information about Jyotirmoy Dey, a senior journalist, to gangster Chhota Rajan who had allegedly...
08:16 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: The judicial custody of all the eleven accused in the Jyotirmoy Dey murder case is set to end on Monday. A special MCOCA court will decide on extending their custody. J Dey, a crime and ivestigation journalist with MiD Day, was shot dead outside his house at Powai in Mumbai on June 11, 2011. Apparently, underworld don Chhota Rajan had ordered his killing. The eleven accused include woman journalist...
08:41 AM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai police's crime branch on Tuesday filed the reply opposing the bail applications of two accused in the journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. "We filed the reply saying that we are opposing the bail," said special public prosecutor, Dileep Shah. The applications, filed by Anil Waghmode and Deepak Sisodia, would come up for hearing at the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court after two weeks. Jigna...
06:59 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Mumbai: A special MCOCA court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of journalist Jigna Vora and 12 other accused in the J Dey murder case till January 16. Vora was on November 25 arrested in connection with the murder case of Mid-Day senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Dey was shot dead outside his house at Powai in Mumbai on June 11, 2011. The police had arrested seven persons on June 27: Rohee...
02:56 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: Journalist Jigna Vora and ten other accused are likely to be produced in a special MCOCA court as the judicial custody of the accused in the J Dey Murder case ends on Tuesday. Vora was on November 25 arrested in connection with the murder case of Mid-Day senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. Dey was shot dead outside his house at Powai in Mumbai on June 11, 2011. The police had...
09:05 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: The judicial custody of Jinga Vora, arrested in connection with the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, will end on Tuesday. Vora is the eleventh accused held in the murder of the senior journalist who was killed on June 1. Vora was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for conspiring, and aiding and abetting the murder of Dey. Vora, along with Paulson Joseph, an alleged member of the Chhota...
07:48 AM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: The police custody of journalist Jigna Vora, arrested in connection with the J Dey murder case, has been extended till December 9. Vora is the eleventh accused held in the murder of the senior journalist who was killed on June 1. Vora was remanded to further police custody after prosecutor Dilip Shah argued that new material had come to light in the last few days and this needed...
05:00 PM, Dec 05, 2011
Mumbai: City police probing the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on Sunday said that the reporter might have had met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's key aide Iqbal Mirchi in April in London. After the reporter's murder, police initially had parried questions whether Dey had met Iqbal Memon alias Iqbal Mirchi in London during his visit there. The police did not even confirm Memon's presence in London. However, with the...
12:35 PM, Oct 16, 2011
Mumbai: Accusing Chhota Rajan in the murder case of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, DCP Nisar Tamboli told IBN Lokmat that the underworld don feared that Dey's reporting may hurt his supremacy in Mumbai. "An underworld gang feared J Dey's reporting could jeopardize their supremacy in the city," said Nisar Tamboli, DCP, Mumbai Police. Chhota Rajan may be charged under the MCOCA or the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Earlier, Mumbai...
05:20 PM, Oct 11, 2011
Mumbai: A close associate of the fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan on Monday was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of senior crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey taking the total number of arrests made in the case so far to 10, police said. Paulson Joseph was today apprehended from Chembur area in the Dey murder case, Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy told PTI. He would be produced before...
09:21 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Mumbai: Arguing that the city police has done substantial investigation in the murder case of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Maharashtra government on Tuesday opposed petitions filed in the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of probe to CBI. "The Crime Branch of city police has probed the matter. The investigation is almost coming to an end. The stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) have been applied against...
06:09 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday made one more arrest in the Jyotirmoy Dey murder, taking the count to eight arrested in the case. Vinod Asrani alias Vinod Chembur was arrested and questioned by the Crime Branch, who are probing whether he financed the killing of the Mid Day journalist. Vinod Chembur, the person who is suspected to have helped the shooters identify Dey, has been picked up for questioning. We...
01:19 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Mumbai: After arresting seven suspects in connection with the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Mumbai Police is consulting a US firm to enhance quality of the CCTV footage that show assailants trailing the scribe on the fateful day. The footage obtained from a CCTV installed at D-Mart, a shopping centre in Hiranandani area, shows motorcycle-borne assailants closely following Dey minutes before he was shot dead. Dey too was riding...
05:11 PM, Jul 01, 2011
New Delhi: CNN-IBN has accessed CCTV footage that shows the alleged four of the seven accused involved in the daylight murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. The video shows four of them closely trailing J Dey on a bike before gunning him down. But this footage might not have much evidentiary value in the court of law, as the faces of the accused are not visible due to rain. The...
06:53 AM, Jun 29, 2011
Mumbai: CNN-IBN on Tuesday got access to CCTV footage which helped the police solve the murder of Mid day crime reporter Jyotirmay Dey. The visuals show Dey on the first motorcycle. After a while another bike with people is caught on the camera. A little later yet another bike follows him. One first set of visuals are from a CCTV installed near D Mart. The second set of visuals are...
09:01 PM, Jun 28, 2011
