New Delhi: The police custody of journalist Jigna Vora, arrested in connection with the J Dey murder case, has been extended till December 9. Vora is the eleventh accused held in the murder of the senior journalist who was killed on June 1.
Vora was remanded to further police custody after prosecutor Dilip Shah argued that new material had come to light in the last few days and this needed to be probed.
He also said that Vora was not cooperating with the investigation.
Vora was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for conspiring, and aiding and abetting the murder of senior Mumbai journalist.
The police custody of another accused Paulson Joseph has also been extended till December 9.
Dey, working with Mumbai's tabloid Mid Day, was shot dead on the orders of Rajan, who allegedly gave Rs 5 lakh to the accused for the contract killing that took place in suburban Powai on June 11.
Police, on December 3, had filed chargesheet against arrested accused - Rohee Thangappan Joseph alias Satish Kalya, Abhijeet Shinde, Arun Dake, Sachin Gaikwad, Anil Waghmode, Nilesh Shendge, Mangesh Agawane, Vinod Asrani, Paulson Joseph and Deepak Sisodia.
Police has alleged that Rajan was upset with two articles written by Dey which portrayed him in bad light and hence by murdering the journalist he wanted to sent a message to the media that those who write against him would be killed.
Police also alleged that Vora had instigated Rajan to kill Dey due to professional rivalry.
(With additional information from PTI)
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