Jyotirmoy Dey, often referred as J Dey, was a journalist and a crime and investigations editor with Mumbai-based Midday Eveninger. Considered an expert on the Mumbai underworld, J Dey was planning to publish a book, titled 'Chindi-Rags to Riches', in which he was going to write the stories of 20 gangsters with humble origins before he died.
The sensational murder was widely covered by the media and the investigation in the murder case was handed over to the Crime Branch Department of Mumbai Police.
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Six months later, a 3000-page chargesheet was filed that named 10 people including gangster Chhota Rajan and journalist Jigna Vora.
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Later in 2012, Jigna Vora was granted bail by a special court saying that she was a single parent and had no previous criminal record.
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Nearly seven years after the case, a Mumbai court convicted gangster Chhota Rajan on Wednesday. Jigna Vora has been acquitted in the case.
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