Accused called me to hotel to ‘boast’ of killing Divya: Woman (20) detained by SIT | Gurgaon News
GURGAON: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of Divya Pahuja, once believed to be gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s girlfriend, on Sunday detained a woman (20) who was allegedly called by prime accused Abhijeet Singh to the hotel after he shot dead the ex-model there on January 2.
Police said Megha, a resident of Delhi’s Najafgarh, admitted that Abhijeet – the owner of Hotel City Point – called her and boasted of killing Divya.Megha, who works as a delivery agent in the city, also told investigators that she saw the accused dragging Divya’s body to the BMW car hours after the murder.
Abhijeet Singh (56) and two hotel staffers – Hemraj (28) and Omprakash (23) – were arrested a day after Divya was shot. Police had said Abhijeet killed Divya as she was threatening and extorting him for months.
Divya’s body is yet to be traced by the police. The BMW car in which her body was apparently taken away was found abandoned 280km away in Patiala. One of the associates, Balraj Gill, who was seen in CCTV footage with Abhijeet and Divya is believed to have driven off in the BMW. Gill and another accused Ravi Bandra are absconding.
Investigators said they tracked down Megha after her description was given in the FIR by Divya’s sister Naina. CCTV footage recovered from the hotel shows a woman with short hair, believed to be Megha, wearing a black-blue jumper, on the day of the crime.
“Megha revealed that Abhijeet called her as he wanted to boast in front of her that he shot Divya,” a senior police officer told TOI, adding that she also confirmed that she saw the accused carrying Divya’s body to the BMW car outside the hotel on January 2 night. Sources said Megha met Abhijeet through a common friend a few months ago for some work. They are close, though investigators are trying to find out if the two were in a relationship.
“We have interrogated Megha. Once we gather enough clues indicating that she could also be directly involved, we will arrest her as per the law,” the senior police officer said. Divya, then 19 years old, was jailed in 2016 after Mumbai police alleged she conspired with a team of five Gurgaon cops to give away gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s location before he was killed in a staged encounter.
Police said Megha, a resident of Delhi’s Najafgarh, admitted that Abhijeet – the owner of Hotel City Point – called her and boasted of killing Divya.Megha, who works as a delivery agent in the city, also told investigators that she saw the accused dragging Divya’s body to the BMW car hours after the murder.
Abhijeet Singh (56) and two hotel staffers – Hemraj (28) and Omprakash (23) – were arrested a day after Divya was shot. Police had said Abhijeet killed Divya as she was threatening and extorting him for months.
Divya’s body is yet to be traced by the police. The BMW car in which her body was apparently taken away was found abandoned 280km away in Patiala. One of the associates, Balraj Gill, who was seen in CCTV footage with Abhijeet and Divya is believed to have driven off in the BMW. Gill and another accused Ravi Bandra are absconding.
Investigators said they tracked down Megha after her description was given in the FIR by Divya’s sister Naina. CCTV footage recovered from the hotel shows a woman with short hair, believed to be Megha, wearing a black-blue jumper, on the day of the crime.
“Megha revealed that Abhijeet called her as he wanted to boast in front of her that he shot Divya,” a senior police officer told TOI, adding that she also confirmed that she saw the accused carrying Divya’s body to the BMW car outside the hotel on January 2 night. Sources said Megha met Abhijeet through a common friend a few months ago for some work. They are close, though investigators are trying to find out if the two were in a relationship.
“We have interrogated Megha. Once we gather enough clues indicating that she could also be directly involved, we will arrest her as per the law,” the senior police officer said. Divya, then 19 years old, was jailed in 2016 after Mumbai police alleged she conspired with a team of five Gurgaon cops to give away gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s location before he was killed in a staged encounter.