00:00 In a significant development in the Divya Pahuja murder case, Gurugram police announced
00:12 on Saturday that the lifeless body of the model had been discovered in a canal in Tohana,
00:17 Haryana.
00:18 This revelation follows the recent arrest of Balraj Gill, one of the suspects at Kolkata
00:22 airport.
00:24 According to Gurugram Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Varun Kumar Dahiya, Divya
00:28 Pahuja's body was recovered from the subsidiary canal of the Bhakra Canal in Tohana, located
00:33 in Haryana's Fatehabad district.
00:36 The 27-year-old model was fatally shot in a Gurugram hotel room on January 2.
00:41 Police revealed that Pahuja was targeted due to her alleged extortion of money from the
00:45 hotel owner by blackmailing him with compromising photographs.
00:49 Balraj Gill, who had initially fled from Patiala after abandoning his vehicle near the bus
00:53 stand, was apprehended at Kolkata airport.
00:55 Meanwhile, another suspect, Ravi Banga, remains at large.
00:59 Varun Dahiya, Gurugram ACP Crime, provided updates, stating, "The accused in the murder
01:04 of model Divya Pahuja, Balraj Gill, was taken into custody from Kolkata airport on Thursday.
01:09 He had gone missing after abandoning his car near the Patiala bus stand.
01:13 Ravi Banga, another accused, is still absconding."
01:16 The intricate case involves Divya Pahuja being allegedly shot by hotel owner Abhijit Singh
01:20 in Gurugram, who, along with two others, perpetually transported the body and dumped it in Patiala.
01:26 Earlier this month, Gurugram police had recovered the car believed to have been used in disposing
01:31 of Pahuja's body.
01:32 The investigation, led by six teams of the crime branch under the Special Investigation
01:37 Team, spanned multiple locations in Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan.
01:41 Police also disclosed that Megha, arrested earlier in the week, had been in contact with
01:46 Abhijit Singh for over a month.
01:48 After Pahuja's murder, Megha had travelled to Gurugram at the behest of Abhijit.
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