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Jigna Vora
Indian journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jigna Vora (born 1974) is a former Indian journalist. She was falsely accused of having a connection to the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and was booked under MCOCA.[1] Her biographical memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison inspired the 2023 Netflix series Scoop.[2] She practices tarot reading and astrology now.[3] She was 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.
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Jyotirmoy Dey murder
After the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey on 11 June 2011, Vora was booked under MCOCA and tried among ten other accused including Chhota Rajan.[4] At the time, Vora was working as the deputy chief of bureau of the Mumbai bureau of Indian English newspaper The Asian Age.[5] 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.[6]
In popular culture
In 2019, Matchbox Pictures acquired the rights of Vora's Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison[7][8] and released the series Scoop on Netflix in 2023.[2]
The 2025 film Haq is based on her book Bano: Bharat Ki Beti.
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