Murdered Model Divya Pahuja's Body Found In Haryana Canal, Say Cops

Police have found the body of Divya Pahuja who was shot in the head in a hotel in Gurugram.

Divya Pahuja, model who was killed in a hotel in Gurugram.

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A fresh development has been made in the murder case of model Divya Pahuja. Haryana police found her body in the subsidiary canal of the Bhakra canal in Tohana city, said Gurugram Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Varun Kumar Dahiya. She was shot dead in a hotel in Gurugram. According to news agency PTI, Pahuja was killed because she had allegedly been extorting money from the hotel owner Abhijeet Singh (56 years old) by blackmailing him with his obscene pictures. However, as per an NDTV report, Pahuja's family has vehemently denied this charge.

Model Divya Pahuja murder case: Divya Pahuja's body found in a canal in Tohana, Haryana: Subhash Boken, PRO Gurugram Police

More details are awaited.

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As per PTI, the 27-year-old woman was taken to a hotel room by five people on Tuesday and was shot in the head.

CCTC footage from the hotel showed a few men dragging her body into the gallery. The hotel owner was among the men who were dragging her body in a white sheet. Earlier, police also recovered the BMW car in which her body was moved.

#WATCH | Punjab: Model Divya Pahuja murder case | Constable, Crime Branch, Gurugram Police, Karan Singh says, "This car was spotted in the camera near toll & we came to know that the car had moved towards Patiala. We were looking for this car in the murder case (of model Divya… pic.twitter.com/LNy1rbJjQf

— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2024

Haryana Police arrested Abhijeet, Hemraj (28 years old) and Omprakash (23 years old). Several teams have been formed to nab the other two accused.

Who Was Divya Pahuja?

She was the 'girlfriend' of a dreaded gangster from Gurugram, Sandeep Gadoli, who was killed in a shootout in Mumbai on February 6, 2016. Mumbai Police said that Gadoli had been lured into a trap with the help of Divya and was killed in a fake encounter.

As per reports, a rival gang member named Virendra Kumar alias Binder Gujjar conspired with Haryana Police officials to eliminate Gadoli. 

An FIR was lodged against five police personnel, Divya, her mother and several others. Divya was later sent to jail. However, later, the Bombay High Court granted bail to Divya in June last year, about seven years after her arrest.