Ex-Model Accused In Gangster's Murder Shot Dead In Gurugram, Police Nab 3: Top Points

Divya Pahuja was allegedly shot dead in a hotel room in Gurugram.

In the latest developments in the alleged murder case of a former model, Divya Pahuja, who was allegedly shot dead in a hotel room in Gurugram, Haryana, the Gurugram Police arrested three accused, including the main accused, on Wednesday (January 3). According to news agency ANI, the accused have been identified as Abhijeet Singh (56), Hemraj (28), and Omprakash (23). The police further stated that a case was registered under relevant sections in Police Station Sector 14, Gurugram.

According to the police, Pahuja was the prime accused in the Gurugram gangster Sandeep Gadoli 'fake' encounter case. She was granted bail after spending seven years in jail in connection with the gangster's fake encounter case in Mumbai, news agency PTI reported.

Here Are Top Points

• Speaking on the matter, SP City Mukesh Kumar said, "The family of the girl named Divya (27) has alleged that Divya went with a person named Abhijeet who is the owner of a hotel...When police scanned the CCTV footage of the hotel, the crime was revealed. The matter has been recorded and an investigation is underway. The crime team is also investigating the matter," as quoted by ANI. 


• The police said that five people took Divya Pahuja (27) to the hotel room on Tuesday night, and she was allegedly shot in the head by the hotel owner because she used to extort money from him by blackmailing him with his "obscene pictures," as reported by PTI. However, Pahuja's family denied the claim.


• The Gurugram Police said they arrested three of them while they were taking the body to dump somewhere, PTI reported. In CCTV footage, the accused can be seen purportedly dragging the body wrapped in a white sheet through the lobby of Hotel City Point.


• Pahuja's sister Naina Pahuja, however, claimed in a police complaint that slain gangster Sandeep Gadoli's sister Sudesh Kataria and brother Brahm Prakash Kataria gave money to Abhijeet Singh, the main accused, to kill the former model, as reported by PTI.


• After Naina Pahuja filed a complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 302 (murder), 201 (hiding evidence), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), and 34 (common intention) of the India Penal Code at Sector 14 police station, and police are questioning the arrested accused.


• In the initial interogation, Singh told police that Hotel City Point belongs to him, but he has given it on lease, PTI reported. He further alleged that the former model used to blackmail him using his "obscene pictures" and extort money. He said she wanted a huge sum this time.


• Police spokesperson Subhash Boken said, "Accused Abhijeet said that on January 2 he had come to Hotel City Point with Divya Pahuja and he wanted to delete his obscene photos from her phone, but Divya Pahuja did not tell the password of her phone," as quoted by PTI. "Due to which Abhijeet shot dead Divya Pahuja and along with Hemraj and Om Prakash, who worked as cleaning and reception workers in the hotel. They kept the dead body in accused Abhijeet's BMW car." After this, accused Abhijeet called his two other associates and gave them his car to dispose of the dead body. Our teams are conducting raids to nab the accused and recover the body," he said.