J Dey case: Court rejects plea to conduct narco test on Jigna

Court also extends police custody of the journalist,who was arrested last week,till December 5.

A MCOCA court here rejected a police request to conduct a narco test on Mumbai journalist Jigna Vora in connection with her alleged involvement in the June murder of former MidDay reporter J Dey.

Court also extended the police custody of the journalist,who was arrested last week,till December 5.

Vora,who is working for the Asian Age newspaper in Mumbai,is facing charges of aiding and abetting in the murder of Dey.

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Dey was shot dead by in broad daylight by four motorcycle-borne assailants in a crowded street in suburban Powai on June 11 this year.

Vora has been arrested for allegedly giving details like Dey’s motorcycle registration number and his address to fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan,who is accused of masterminding the murder.

She was arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and will be tried for murder and conspiracy like the 10 other accused who have been arrested in the case,the police said.

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