Dey murder: Arrested Asian Age scribe sent to police custody

Mumbai, Nov 25: Asian Age journalist, Jigna Vohra, who has been arrested over J Dey murder case, has been sent to police custody till Friday, Dec 1.

The Mumbai based journalist has been accused of giving out the details of the bike number of Jyotirmoy Dey and his residence to Chotta Rajan, whom she thought was a party with the Chotta Shakeel gang.

"Jigna Vora, deputy bureau chief of English daily Asian Age, has been arrested today as she played a role in the conspiracy hatched to murder J Dey," Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy.

J Dey, who was working with MiD DAY as a senior crime reporter, was murdered in broad daylight by unidentified assailants, who were later found out to be hired by Chotta Rajan.

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