Vora was recently arrested under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on charges of supplying licence plate number of the motorcycle and address of the slain journalist to Rajan.
Police today filed a charge sheet against 12 accused including fugitive underworld don Chhota Rajan in the J Dey murder case which does not name arrested journalist Jigna Vora.
Vora, Deputy Chief of Bureau of Asian Age, was recently arrested under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on charges of supplying licence plate number of the motorcycle and address of the slain journalist to Rajan.
Dey, working with city-based 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.
The charge sheet described the role of each accused but did not mention the role of Vora whose name, according to crime branch sources, is likely to figure in the supplementary charge sheet. The police, sources said, is collecting evidence against her and has seized her mobile and computer records.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy, told a press conference later that Vora's name had figured in the telephonic conversations between the accused and Rajan.
The accused against whom charge sheet has been filed are 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. All of them are in custody under MCOCA charges.
Chhota Rajan and his aide Nayan Singh Bisht, have been shown as absconding.
Although the charge sheet does not mention the motive for the killing of Dey, it says that two articles written by latter against Rajan on May 31 and June 2 could be the reason.
Roy told reporters "such articles have potential to affect the illegal activities of extortion and collection of protection money. Hence the crime was committed to establish that Chhota Rajan yet continues with his nefarious and illegal activities to prove his supremacy in the underworld".
"Also, Rajan wanted to send a message in the media about the consequences one could face in case of future attempt to portray him in bad light", he said.
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