A special court in Mumbai on Friday remanded journalist Jigna Vora, and a member of Chhota Rajan gang, Paulson Joseph, arrested in connection with the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, to judicial custody till Dec 20.

Special judge S.M. Modak of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court remanded them to judicial custody as the police did not seek their further custody. Prosecutor Dilip Shah told the court that the Crime Branch was not pressing for police custody of the duo as they were not required for custodial interrogation any further.

Accordingly, the designated court under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) sent them to jail.Police said Vora had allegedly provided Dey's information and his exact location to absconding mafia don Chhota Rajan.

Dey was gunned down near his residence in central Mumbai by motorcycle-borne assailants on June 11.