Jigna Vora who was once falsely accused for murdering her fellow reporter with the involvement of famous gangster Don Chota Rajan for seven years. Due to this she had spent precious seven years of her life in prison. In our blog we are going to tell people about her life before and after she went to prison. Let’s understand her biography, her journey into crime reporting, crucial cases, her life based webshow, biggboss and more in our blog. Dive into our blog and read it till the end.
Who is Jigna Vora ?
Jigna Vora was born on 22nd of february in the year 1974 in Mumbai. She once worked as a famous crime reporter who was ready to take any risk for it. She was once accused for the murder of a very well experienced crime reporter and went to jail for it too. This whole incident changed her life completely. The story of her life is very engaging and that is the reason Netflix made a series on her life which we are going to discuss in our article below. Right now she is working as a Tarot Card Reader to make an income out of it.
Qualification And Training Owned By Jigna Vora
To complete her graduation or degree she went to DG Ruparel College. Due to her keen interest in media she went to K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management, which is located in Mumbai. There he earned a Diploma in Mass Communications. But there are other reports which mentioned she also learned law to start her career as a criminal reporter from Mumbai. After she had also done a law internship in court but paused her due to some reason why we are going to discuss further in the article.
Personal Life
She was born and Brought Up in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. As a crime reporter she never mentioned the name of her parents anywhere due the work she is doing as a reporter. That is why we are not able to confirm the name of her parents as there are reports saying her mother’s name is Harshaben who is now not alive. Talking about her relationship, she once married to a Gujarat based man who once claimed to be an engineer in 1998. But her marriage affair doesn’t last longer even after having their son. And Jigna Vora decides to separate with him. To make things work between them she even left her internship of law in court.
Jigna Vora : Journey Into Crime Reporting
After her divorce she returned to her family where she started her career as a reporter along with taking care of her son. In the initial years of her crime reporting Jigna worked as a journalist who covered various crime stories in Asian Age newspapers. She also works with other media companies like Free Press Journal and Mumbai Mirror which are located in mumbai. In her work years there she has many interactions with different big criminals and one of them is Chota Rajan.
In the year 2005 she got the chance to cover her first ever underworld crime story in which she interacted with Sujata Nikhalje. She was arrested for giving death threats to an unnamed builder. This woman is also the wife of Chota Rajan. After this she started doing more interactions with these kinds of criminals.
The Case Which Change Jigna Vora Life
The one case which completely or we can say drastically changed the life of Jigns was the murder of her fellow experienced journalist named Jyotirmoy Dey. She was arrested for this acquisition in the year 2011. The main purpose of her is to plan the murder of this reporter with gangster Chota Rajan. Including Rajan and Vora there were other people too who were found guilty for the murder under MCOCA. During this time period she was working with English newspaper Asian Age as the chief deputy of its Mumbai Bureau. She was released by the court in the year 2018 but Chota Rajan did not as he got the punishment for life. All of this was a false accusation which completely changed her narrative towards life.
From Real Story Of Jigna Vora To Award Winning Web Show
Inspired from her life Harshal Mehta who is a very famous director in the industry decides to make a show. This show was inspired from Jigna Vora’s biographical memoir Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison. This series starred Karishma Taanna in the character of Jigna, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Deven Bhojani and Harman Baweja in supporting roles. It was released on 2nd of June 2023. The series was very appreciated by the people and again made Jigna come into the spotlight. Not only this it was came into the top 10 list india.The series even got the Award of Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards for Best Asian Series and Best lead actress
Bigg Boss Journey Of Jigna Vora
Last year she was also part of the famous reality Television show Biggboss. There her journey was only for a few weeks. While she was in the show people were liking her personality and connections she is making with Munnavar Faruqui who later wins the show. During her time there, the show’s maker also held a press conference for her in which reporters asked some difficult questions about her life. For which she answered strongly.
Where is Jigna Vora Right Now ?
Jigna is currently 50 years old and living with her Son. She is now a single mother who is working as a Tarot Card reader, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker and an Astrologer. She completely moved on from her life as a crime reporter in order to have peace in her life. She is also present on instagram where she has 66 thousand of followers. There she shares some glimpse of day to day life with selfies.
Jigna Vora Net Worth
According to the reports Jigna Vora is now making 5 crores on an annual basis. But, we cannot confirm if it is true or not as she never confirms her net worth. All of this she is making from her work as Tarot Card Reader and Astrology.
Frequently Asked Questions
She is now working in the field of Astrology.
As of 2024 Jigna Vora is 50 years old.
Yes it is based on the life of Jigna Vora who once worked as a Crime reporter.