Gurugram : The police said on Thursday that Abhijeet Singh, the man suspected of killing Divya Pahuja, a former model from Gurugram and the girlfriend of slain gangster Sandeep Gadoli, had spent nearly six hours with the woman’s body after killing her at a hotel here.
The police claim that after a fight between Divya and Abhijeet, who were in a relationship, on January 2, he shot her in the head while under the influence of alcohol.
The event happened at the Abhijeet-owned City Point Hotel. Abhijeet killed Divya while she was staying in Room 111 of the same hotel. He then spent about six hours in the room with the body.
During questioning, Abhijeet told the police that Divya had some of his objectionable pictures, and she was blackmailing him as well as extorting money from him.
He told Divya to delete those pictures and sought the password for her cell phone. However, she refused to do so. Eventually, both had a heated argument following which Abhijeet opened fire on her.
The Gurugram Police on Thursday got a five-day remand for Abhijeet and his two associates — Om Prakash and Hemraj, for their alleged involvement in the murder case.
According to the police, Om Prakash and Hemraj used to work at City Point Hotel.
“After an altercation between Abhijeet and Divya over some objectionable pictures, Abhijeet shot at Divya’s head. Thereafter, he, with the help of Om Prakash and Hemraj, dragged Divya’s body to the boot of the BMW car. Abhijeet then drove around 1.5 km and handed over the car’s keys to his associates identified as Balraj and Ravi Banga, who drove the car towards Punjab to dispose of the body,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijay Pratap Singh (crime), said.
It is being suspected that Diya’s body has been dumped somewhere in Punjab. When the police opened the boot of the BMW car that was later recovered, her body was not found in the boot.
The police said that Divya was killed on January 2 at around 5 p.m. and at around 11 p.m., Abhijeet sought the help of Om Prakash and Hemraj to dispose of the woman’s lifeless body.
However, after developing suspicion, one Anoop who was on the reception desk of the hotel informed the police around 9 p.m.
Police reached the spot but did not find anything suspicious and went back after checking Room Number 114 which was booked in Abhijeet’s name, the DCP said.
“But the police visited the hotel again after 11 p.m. after getting some information from Divya’s sister, Naina. The police found blood stains and other objects of Divya after searching the entire hotel and Room Number 111.
“It was seen on CCTV footage that three men including Abhijeet dragged Divya’s body to the boot of BMW car and Abhijeet drove off with the car. Later, he returned to the hotel but without the car. Police then nabbed Abhijeet and his two associates in the hotel,” the police officer said.
Abhijeet completed his engineering from NIT Kurukshetra in 1989. He recently ventured into the hotel business.
“We also found some criminal records of Abhijeet. One case of fighting and quarrel was registered against him at Sector 14 police station in Gurugram while another case of the Arms Act was registered against him with the Delhi Police,” the DCP said.
The police officer said that Divya came in contact with Abhijeet through a jailed gangster, Binder Gujjar.
During that time, Abhijeet got in touch with Divya, presumably because Gujjar had asked him to help with his kids’ schooling.
According to reports, Binder Gujjar was a key player in the Gurugram Police-led “fake encounter” with gangster Sandeep Gadoli that happened in Mumbai in 2016.
The main defendant in the case was Divya. She later served seven years in prison after being apprehended in relation to the gangster’s murder.
In June of last year, the Bombay High Court granted her bail.
Divya’s family has claimed that Abhijeet and members of Sandeep Gadoli’s family plotted her murder.
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