<p>A Special MCOCA Court on Monday opened the statements given by two key witnesses on journalist Jigna Vora, one of the accused in the murder of veteran crime reporter J Dey here last year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The witnesses - a staffer from the Administration Department of English daily `Asian Age’ and a friend of another accused Paulson Joseph, had recorded the statements before a Magistrate, and hence they cannot be changed now.<br /><br />Vora was arrested on November 25 last year and charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).<br /><br />She has been accused of providing key information like supplying licence plate number of Dey’s motorcycle and his residential address to underworld don Chhota Rajan, who has been shown as a wanted accused in the murder case.<br /><br />The Asian Age staffer said that between June 09, 2011 and June 18, 2011, Vora did not report to work and had not submitted any application before proceeding on leave.</p>
<p>A Special MCOCA Court on Monday opened the statements given by two key witnesses on journalist Jigna Vora, one of the accused in the murder of veteran crime reporter J Dey here last year.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The witnesses - a staffer from the Administration Department of English daily `Asian Age’ and a friend of another accused Paulson Joseph, had recorded the statements before a Magistrate, and hence they cannot be changed now.<br /><br />Vora was arrested on November 25 last year and charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).<br /><br />She has been accused of providing key information like supplying licence plate number of Dey’s motorcycle and his residential address to underworld don Chhota Rajan, who has been shown as a wanted accused in the murder case.<br /><br />The Asian Age staffer said that between June 09, 2011 and June 18, 2011, Vora did not report to work and had not submitted any application before proceeding on leave.</p>