Former model Divya Pahuja’s body was found in a canal in Haryana on Saturday, according to news agency ANI, citing Gurugram Police. This comes a few days after Balraj Gill, one of the suspects in Pahuja’s murder, was taken into custody at the airport in Kolkata.
The corpse of Divya Pahuja was found in the subsidiary canal of the Bhakra canal in Tohana in Haryana’s Fatehabad district, according to Gurugram assistant commissioner of police (crime) Varun Kumar Dahiya.
On January 2, Pahuja, 27, was shot dead in a Gurugram hotel room. The police said that she was murdered after reportedly blackmailing the hotel owner with his “obscene pictures” to obtain money from him.
According to Gurigram Police, Gill dumped his car near the bus stand and then left Patiala. Ravi Banga, another accused, is still reported to be on the run.
“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), said.
Earlier on Wednesday, police stated at least three people had been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of the 27-year-old woman in Gurugram. CCTV footage showed that the suspects dragged the body from the hotel to the car.