Jigna Vora (born 1974) is a former Indian journalist. She was falsely accused of having a connection in the murder of journalist
Jyotirmoy Dey
Jyotirmoy Dey ( bn, জ্যোতির্ময় দে; 1955 – 11 June 2011), also known as Jyotendra Dey, Commander J, and J Dey, was an Indian journalist, crime and investigations editor for ''Mid-Day'' (a tabloid newspaper publi ...
and was booked under
MCOCA.
Her biographical memoir ''Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison'' inspired the 2023
Netflix series ''
Scoop.''
She practices
tarot reading
Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. They formulate a question, then draw cards to interpret them for this end. A traditional tarot deck con ...
and
astrology now.
She participated a contestant on the Indian reality TV show,
Bigg Boss Season 17, which started in October 2023.
She was evicted from the show on Day 41.
Jyotirmoy Dey murder
After the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey on 11 June 2011, Vora was booked under MCOCA and tried among 10 other accused including
Chhota Rajan
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje (born 13 January 1959), popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan, is an Indian gangster who served as the boss of a major crime syndicate based in Mumbai.
While living in Tilak Nagar, a big colony for the low-inco ...
. At the time, Vora was working as the deputy chief of bureau of the Mumbai bureau of Indian English newspaper ''
The Asian Age''. She was also Anchor of
Zee News in 2017.
''Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison''
Vora biographical memoir about her journalism career and seven years of trial titled ''Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison'' was published by
Penguin India in September 2019.
In popular culture
In 2019, Matchbox Pictures acquired the rights of Vora's ''Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison''
and released the series
Scoop on Netflix in 2023.
Filmography
Television
References
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Indian women journalists
1974 births
Living people
21st-century Indian journalists
Indian investigative journalists
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants