Man Who Disposed Of Body In Divya Pahuja Murder Case Sent To Judicial Custody
GG News Bureau
Gurugram, 19th Jan. A man accused of disposing of model Divya Pahuja’s body in a canal has been sent to judicial custody after appearing in a city court on Thursday, according to the police.
After Pahuja was shot dead on January 2 in a hotel room, Balraj Gill (28) allegedly kept her body in the trunk of a BMW car and later threw it into the Bhakra Canal near Munak in Sangrur, Punjab.
Police said he carried out this act with the help of his accomplice Ravi Banga, under the instructions of hotel owner Abhijeet Singh (56) – the main accused – who is also in judicial custody.
The police recovered the body from the border of Fatehabad district based on information provided by Gill. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the murder case is still unaware of Banga’s whereabouts, they added.
Pahuja’s body was found in the canal on January 13, 11 days after she was killed. On January 2, Pahuja was taken to Hotel City Point by five people and shot in the head. The motive behind the murder was allegedly Pahuja extorting money from Singh by blackmailing him with his “obscene pictures,” a claim denied by her family.
Gill was arrested at an airport in Kolkata on January 11 after a lookout circular was issued against him. The police team produced him in a Kolkata court and took him on transit remand for three days. Later, he was produced in a city court in Gurugram and sent to four days of police remand.
On Thursday, he was also sent to jail, according to the police. So far, Gurugram Police have arrested six people – Abhijeet, his partner Megha, Gill, Hemraj, Omprakash, and Pravesh – in connection with the case.
Abhijeet allegedly obtained the murder weapon from Parvesh, who was arrested on January 12. The police are still conducting searches to apprehend Banga.
