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Divya Pahuja Murder Case: Police Recovers Model’s Body From Canal In Haryana’s Tohana

The Mumbai police had reportedly said Sandeep Gadoli had been lured into a trap with the help of his ‘girlfriend’ Divya Pahuja and killed in a fake encounter.

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Model Divya Pahuja.
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The model Divya Pahuja’s body was found in a canal in Haryana on Saturday.

Divya’s body was recovered from a canal in Tohana, ANI reported.

On January 2 this year, Divya was reportedly taken to Hotel City Point by five people and allegedly shot dead inside room number 111.

Earlier, on Friday Gurugram Police arrested Balraj Gill, who is said to be one of the accused in the murder of former model at the Kolkata airport. 

Besides, three people were arrested in connection with the alleged killing of the 27-year-old Divya on Wednesday.

The police has reportedly said that the another accused in the case—Ravi Banga is on the run.

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"The accused in the murder of model Divya Pahuja, Balraj Gill, was taken into custody from Kolkata airport on Thursday. He had gone missing after abandoning his car near the Patiala bus stand. Ravi Banga, another accused, is still absconding," Varun Dahiya, Gurugram ACP (Crime) was quoted by ANI as saying.

On January 5, Gurugram Police had said it had recovered the vehicle that was allegedly used to dispose of the body of the former model. 

The vehicle was said to be BMW car, which as per the police was found abandoned at a bus stand in Patiala, Punjab.

A CCTV footage reportedly later showed that the accused dragged the body from the hotel to the car.

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Model Divya’s family demands CBI investigation:

The family of the model Divya has been demanding CBI inquiry in the case.

Police have claimed that six teams of the Crime Branch under SIT are engaged in the investigation of this case.

Killed Gangster Sandeep Gadoli link:

Sandeep Gadoli, a dreaded gangster from Gurugram, was killed in a shootout in Mumbai on February 6, 2016. 

The Mumbai police had reportedly said Gadoli had been lured into a trap with the help of his "girlfriend" Divya and killed in a fake encounter.

It was said Virendra Kumar alias Binder Gujjar ran a rival gang and allegedly conspired with Haryana Police officials to eliminate Gadoli. Gujjar was in prison at the time of the encounter, but he hatched the conspiracy with the help of his brother Manoj and roped in Divya as a “honey trap”.

An FIR was registered against five police personnel, Divya, her mother and others.

The Bombay High Court had granted bail to Divya in June last year, about seven years after she was arrested.
 

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