Bigg Boss 17: Jigna Vora Talks About Spending 9 Months In Jail Over Jyotirmoy Dey Murder Case To Rinku Dhawan And Munawar Faruqui - DEETS INSIDE

Bigg Boss 17 contestant Jigna Vora candidly spoke about Jyotirmoy Dey's murder and how she was jailed for 9 months under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act

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Published on Oct 17 2023, 14:40:20

Bigg Boss 17: Jigna Vora Talks About Spending 9 Months In Jail Over Jyotirmoy Dey Murder Case To Rinku Dhawan And Munawar Faruqui - DEETS INSIDE

In the controversial reality show Bigg Boss 17, Jigna Vora engaged in a candid conversation about her challenges with her co-housemates Rinku Dhawan, Munawar Faruqui, and Neil Bhatt. Seated in the garden area, Jigna shared the details of her arrest and her acquittal from all charges in 2018. She recounted her career journey, which commenced as a crime reporter in 2004, steadily progressing from a trainee reporter. By 2011, she had risen to the position of deputy bureau chief. However, her narrative took a dark turn when a fellow journalist was tragically murdered, and Jigna reflected on this unsettling event. ALSO READ: Bigg Boss 17: THIS Highest-paid Contestant Is Charging Rs 12 Lakh Per Week-READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS

Speaking about the case, Jigna said, "And after 7-8 months I was arrested for passing some tipoff about that person to one of the underworld gangsters... I had interviewed him (the gangster) a week before the murder." Jigna said that the struggle started from there to prove herself innocent. "I got jailed for 9 months then I got bail after 9 months.... The struggle and the trial began. In 2018, I was acquitted. No charges. This had to happen. I take it positively." ALSO READ: Bigg Boss 17: Isha Malviya Shuts Down Reports Of Dating Udaariyaan Co-Star Abhishek Kumar, Says, ‘I Want To Clarify That We Weren’t Dating Each Other’

Jigna Vora thanks Munawar Faruqui and praises him as his shows lifted her spirits during bad times when she had to go to jail. #BiggBoss17 #BiggBoss_Tak pic.twitter.com/EmN30OYToD
— #BiggBoss_Tak👁 (@BiggBoss_Tak) October 15, 2023

She further says, "In these 7 years my family members died but it's just me and my son... Main gunde mawali ke language samaj pasti thi and bhagwaan ne mujhe wohi language main sikha diya." Hansal Mehta's Netflix show Scoop is an official adaptation of Jigna Vora's autobiographical book, "Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison." The series stars Karishma Tanna in the main role, with Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub and Harman Baweja in prominent roles.

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