Model Turned Murder Accused: Who Was Divya Pahuja, Shot Dead in Gurugram Hotel?

Divya Pahuja, an accused in the Gadoli murder case, was murdered in a hotel in Gurugram on Wednesday, 3 January. The 27 year old former model was shot dead in Hotel City Point near a bus stand in the city, police said. Gurugram Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder. The three accused have been identified as Abhijeet Singh (56), Hemraj (28), and Omprakash (23), according to the police.

A case was registered at Gurugram's Sector 14 Police Station, based on the complaint of Pahuja's sister. 01/03 Abhijeet Singh (Photo: Accessed by The Quint ) 02/03 Om Prakash (Photo: Accessed by The Quint ) 03/03 Hemraj (Photo: Accessed by The Quint ) Divya Pahuja was the girlfriend of Sandeep Gadoli, a notorious gangster who was killed in an alleged fake encounter by the Gurugram Police's Crime Branch in February 2016.

Pahuja and her mother had been accused of aiding and abetting the police in the alleged fake encounter of Gadoli. She had been subsequently arrested in July 2016 in Delhi, according to a report by Times of India. Pahuja's mother as well as five other police officers had been arrested in connection with Gadoli's alleged murder.

Six months ago, Pahuja was released on bail. ADVERTISEMENT REMOVE AD Who Was Divya Pahuja? Divya Pahuja was a model from Gurugram, before she was arrested in connection with the alleged murder of her gangster boyfriend Sandeep Gadoli. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook/@Divya Pahuja) A former model, Divya Pahuja had been arrested in connection with the alleged fake encounter of her gangster boyfriend Sandeep Gadoli at a Mumbai hotel on 7 February, 2016.

She went on to spend the next seven years in jail, until the Bombay High Court granted her bail in June 2023 . What was Pahuja's role in the alleged murder of Gadoli? According to the Mumbai Police, the accused police officials had taken the help of Pahuja to lure Gadoli to a hotel in the city where the alleged fake encounter took place, PTI reported.

The police officials had also allegedly conspired with a rival gang run by Virendra Kumar alias Binder Gujjar to murder Gadoli, the report said. Pahuja was only 18 years old at the time of the alleged encounter. She had reportedly applied for bail on the grounds that she had been incarcerated for over seven years.

Also Read 'Investigate His Friends': Wife of Varanasi Lawyer Killed at New Year's Eve Bash ADVERTISEMENT REMOVE AD Why Was Divya Pahuja Murdered? Based on preliminary interrogation of accused Abhijeet Singh, Gurugram Police said that Pahuja had taken obscene pictures of Singh and was allegedly using them to blackmail him for money.

She used to often take money from Abhijeet Singh for expenses and now wanted to extort a huge amount, the police statement read. On 2 January 2024, Singh had come to Hotel City Point with Pahuja and wanted her to delete the obscene photos of him. When she refused to give up the password to her phone, Singh allegedly shot her dead, as per the police.

With the help of the other two accused who worked as hotel staff, Singh kept the dead body in his BMW car . After this, he called two other associates and gave them his car to dispose of the dead body, police said. The three accused who have been arrested are expected to be presented in court. Further investigation of the murder is underway, Gurugram Police said.

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