Divya Pahuja Murder Case: Ex-Model's Body Found From Canal in Haryana's Tohana

The body of murdered former model Divya Pahuja has been recovered by Gurugram police from a canal in Haryana’s Tohna. Twenty-seven-year-old Pahuja was murdered under suspicious circumstances at a hotel in Gurugram on January 2.

The recovery was made after an accused in her murder case confessed to the police that he had dumped her corpse in a canal in Punjab on January 3, a day after her alleged murder.

Balraj Gill, who was arrested from Kolkata airport on Thursday when he was trying to board a flight, reportedly told the police during his interrogation that he disposed of the former model’s body in a canal in Patiala.

Pahuja, an accused in her ex-boyfriend and gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s murder, was shot dead at a hotel in Gurugram on January 2. Five people took her to a hotel and shot her in the head.

Police had earlier arrested three persons, including hotel owner Abhijeet Singh– who is the main accused– and two of his alleged accomplices, Omprakash and Hemraj in the case. According to police another accused, Ravi Bandra, is still at large and efforts are underway to trace him.

Balraj Singh and Ravi Banga allegedly took away the body in a BMW car and disposed it of.

Who Was Divya Pahuja?

A former model, Divya was the daughter of a vegetable and fruit seller in Gurugram’s Baldev Nagar. Her father is differently abled. She has one younger sister apart from her parents in her family.

Divya was the girlfriend of Gurugram’s most-wanted gangster Sandeep Gadoli, who was killed in an encounter by Haryana Police in a Mumbai hotel in 2016.

Gadoli’s encounter came under scrutiny later, resulting in the arrest of Divya, her mother and five policemen, for allegedly revealing the gangster’s whereabouts.

After spending seven years in jail, Divya was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in June 2023.

While granting her bail, the court cited her prolonged incarceration and the expected lengthy trial as grounds for her release.

Five people allegedly took her to a hotel in Gurugram on the night of January 2,  and shot her in the head.