Scoop: Chilling story of journalist J Dey's cold-blooded murder in the Karishma Tanna-starrer

Hansal Mehta's much-awaited show 'Scoop' released on June 2 on an OTT platform. The series stars actress Karishma Tanna in the lead role. It is based on the story of journalist Jigna Vora who was accused of murdering another journalist Jyotirmoy Dey aka J Dey.

'Scoop' has been inspired by Vora's book 'Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison'.

It stars Karishma Tanna as Jigna Vora, although her name in the show has been changed to Jagruti Pathak. Prosenjit is playing Jaydeb Sen, a character loosely based on late journalist J Dey.

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'Scoop' is based on the sensational J Dey murder case that rocked the nation and Jigna Vora's alleged involvement in his death.

Dey was the crime and investigations editor for the renowned tabloid Mid-Day and an expert on the organised crime sector of the city and Mumbai underworld.

He was, however, shot dead in broad daylight in the city on June 11, 2011, and when a massive investigation was launched, Vora was named as one of the accused in the case.

In 2012, Vora, who was the Deputy Bureau Chief at Asian Age newspaper, was booked under stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and various other sections for her alleged role in the murder of J Dey. She was also charged with sections of IPC including criminal conspiracy, murder and destruction of evidence.

Reports had then stated that Vora was in touch with gangster Chhota Rajan, who was found guilty of carrying out the shootout at Dey. The chargesheet mentioned that Vora was the one who provided Dey's address and license plate number to Chhota Rajan, due to her professional rivalry with the senior journalist.

Vora vehemently denied the accusations and said that her conversation with Rajan was only for an interview.

In July 2012, Vora was granted bail on the grounds that she was a single parent and that she had no previous criminal record. In 2018, she was finally given a clean chit in the case.

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'Scoop' is all set to release on Netflix on June 2.

The show also stars Harman Baweja, Zeeshan Ayyub, and Deven Bhojani in key roles.

It has been created by Hansal Mehta and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul.