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Vora was remanded to further police custody after prosecutor Dilip Shah argued that new material had come to light in the last few days and this needed to be probed. He also said that Vora was not cooperating with the investigation.
Vora, deputy chief of bureau of Asian Age, was recently arrested under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act on charges of supplying licence plate number of the motorcycle and address of the slain journalist to Rajan.
Dey, working with Mumbai-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 police, on December 3, had filed chargesheet against arrested accused --- 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.
The police has alleged that Rajan was upset with two articles written by Dey which portrayed him in bad light and hence by murdering the journalist he wanted to sent a message to the media that those who write against him would be killed. They also alleged that Vora had instigated Rajan to kill Dey due to professional rivalry.