A former mannequin was shot useless in a resort room in Gurugram months after being granted bail after spending seven years in jail in reference to a Gurugram gangster’s ‘fake’ encounter case in Mumbai, police mentioned on January 3.
They mentioned 5 individuals took Divya Pahuja (27) to the resort room on January 2 night time and shot her within the head allegedly as a result of she used to extort cash from the hotel-owner by blackmailing him along with his “obscene pictures”, a declare denied by her household.
The Gurugram Police mentioned they arrested three of them whereas they have been taking the physique to dump someplace.
In response to the police, the three arrested accused are resort’s proprietor Abhijeet Singh (56), a local of Mannequin City in Hisar, and his two workers — Hemraj (28), a resident of Nepal, and Omprakash (23), a resident of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal.
A CCTV footage reveals the accused purportedly dragging the physique wrapped in a white sheet via the foyer of Resort Metropolis Level.
Police mentioned Divya Pahuja was shot useless allegedly by the resort proprietor as a result of she extorted cash from him after blackmailing him along with his “obscene pictures”.
However her sister Naina Pahuja claimed in a police grievance that slain gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s sister Sudesh Kataria and brother Brahm Prakash Kataria gave cash to Abhijeet Singh to kill the previous mannequin.
Gadoli, a dreaded gangster from Gurugram, was killed in a shootout in Mumbai on February 6, 2016. Later, the Mumbai police mentioned Gadoli had been lured right into a entice with the assistance of his “girlfriend” Divya Pahuja and killed in a pretend encounter.
Following Ms. Naina Pahuja’s grievance within the immediate case, an FIR was registered underneath Sections 302 (homicide), 201 (hiding proof), 120-B (felony conspiracy), 34 (widespread intention) of the India Penal Code at sector 14 police station and police are questioning the arrested accused.
Abhijeet Singh informed police throughout preliminary interrogation that Resort Metropolis Level belongs to him however he has given it on lease.
He alleged Divya Pahuja used to blackmail him utilizing his “obscene pictures” and extort cash. He mentioned she wished an enormous sum this time.
Police spokesperson Subhash Boken mentioned, “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.
“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 mentioned.
However, in accordance with the grievance filed by Ms. Naina Pahuja, a resident of Baldev Nagar, her sister Divya Pahuja final went to fulfill Abhijeet Singh on January 1 they usually spoke to her on January 2 round 11:50 a.m.
After that her household tried, however failed to achieve her telephone. Ms. Naina Pahuja mentioned that involved about her well-being, they went to Abhijeet Singh’s home in South Ext., New Delhi, the place his buddy “Balraj” (who has been recognized in police’s model Hemraj) was current and he was in possession of Divya Pahuja’s telephone.
“I took Divya’s phone from Balraj and reached Abhijeet in his hotel in Gurugram where my sister was last present. When I requested him to show the CCTV footage, he kept on denying and arguing with me. In the end I called the police and they started an investigation. I found my sister’s blazer in Abhijeet’s hotel and when I was coming back from his hotel he handed me over my sister debit card and pan card saying she left them with him,” Ms. Naina Phuja mentioned.
Her suspicions deepened when she discovered blood stains on the ground of a resort room and in addition discovered her sister’s ring, footwear and different articles within the retailer room of the resort.
Abhijeet Singh’s housekeepers Hemraj and Prakash helped him eliminate the physique, police mentioned, including Abhijeet Singh additionally supplied individuals ₹10 lakh to eliminate the physique.
Anup, his accomplice, additionally helped him dump the physique, they mentioned.
Ms. Naina Pahuja alleged in her grievance, “Divya was the main witness in Sandeep Gadoli murder case and we have full surety that Sandeep Gadoli’s sister Sudesh Kataria and his brother Brahm Prakash gave money to Abhijeet for the Murder of Divya.
“It is clearly visible that after killing Divya, Abhijeet wrapped her body in a white sheet and after dragging her body away, kept it in his blue BMW car and sent it to be dumped somewhere. A woman, who had boy’s cut hair and was wearing a black and white sweater, is also involved in the murder of my sister.”
Virendra Kumar alias Binder Gujjar ran a rival gang and allegedly conspired with Haryana Police officers to eradicate Gadoli. Gujjar was in jail on the time of the encounter, however he hatched the conspiracy with the assistance of his brother Manoj and roped in Pahuja as a honey entice.
An FIR was registered towards 5 police personnel, Divya Pahuja, her mom and others.
The Bombay Excessive Courtroom had granted bail to Divya Pahuja in June final 12 months, about seven years after she was arrested.
