A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai has framed charges against 10 accused, including arrested scribe Jigna Vora, in the journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case of 2011. The court has framed charges under sections of MCOCA, Indian Penal Code, besides other acts. The court has charged the accused with being part of the underworld gang run by fugitive gangster Chhota Rajan, besides hatching a conspiracy and killing Dey.
Special Judge AL Pansare read out the charges to all the accused after which they all pleaded not guilty. Dey, a senior journalist with Mid-Day, was shot dead in suburban Powai in Mumbai in June, 2011 by assailants who followed him on motorcycles. Vora is accused of passing on key information like the number plate of the slain journalist’s motorcycle and his address to the fugitive don.
The police had arrested her in November, 2011 and she was granted bail in July, 2012. Later, a separate charge sheet was filed against Vora.