Divya Pahuja murder: Main accused disposed weapon, 2 others took body in car
Gurugram, Jan 6: The main accused arrested in ex-model Divya Pahuja's murder has revealed that he disposed of the crime weapon on Old Delhi road here while his accomplices took the body in a car, police said on Saturday.
While the blue BMW car, which was used to transport Divya's body, was recovered from Punjab, the Gurugram Police are yet to trace the body and nab two other accused -- Balraj Gill and Ravi Bandra.
On January 2, Divya was taken to Hotel City Point by five people and allegedly shot dead inside room number 111, police said.
According to new revelations by the main accused, hotel owner Abhijit Singh, he had thrown the murder weapon and other items, including Divya's second phone and her ID card, on Old Delhi road, the investigating officer said.
Abhijit disclosed that he along with Gill and Bandra reached Old Delhi Road later in the night after the murder, the officer said, adding that Gill and Bandra dropped Abhijit there and left with Divya's body still in the boot of the car.
The police conducted searches on the Old Delhi road three times but could not find the murder weapon and Divya's belongings, the officer said.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is continuously conducting raids in search of Gill, a lawyer by profession, and Bandra. Till now, Abhijit, Hemraj and Omprakash have been arrested in connection with the case, the officer said.
The houses of the two absconders in Hisar and Mohali were also raided by the SIT.
In a CCTV footage, Abhijit and Divya can be seen reaching the hotel and Gill is also present with them. After reaching the counter, Gill took a bag from Abhijit and they went towards the rooms.
Another footage shows the suspects, including Abhijit, purportedly dragging Divya's body wrapped in a white sheet through the hotel lobby to the BMW car, police had said.
Divya was in jail for seven years for conspiring a "fake encounter" of her partner gangster Sandeep Gandoli in Mumbai with Gurugram police and rival gang leader Virendra Kumar alias Binder Gujjar on February 6, 2016.
At the time of Gandoli's killing, Gujjar was in prison but had hatched the plan with the help of his brother Manoj and roped in Divya.
Mumbai Police registered an FIR against five police personnel, Divya, her mother and others. The Bombay High Court granted bail to Divya in June, 2023.
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Cong takes swipe at PM over India not being part of US-led 'Pax Silica' grouping
New Delh (PTI) The Congress on Saturday said it is perhaps not very surprising that India is not part of a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure silicon supply chain, given the "sharp downturn" in the Trump-Modi ties, and asserted that it would have been to "our advantage if we had been part of this group".
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the news of India not being part of the group comes after the PM had enthusiastically posted on social media about a telephone call with his "once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC".
In a lengthy post on X, Ramesh said, "According to some news reports, the US has excluded India from a nine-nation initiative it has launched to reduce Chinese control on high-tech supply chains. The agreement is called Pax Silica, clearly as a counter to Pax Sinica. The nations included (for the moment at least) are the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia."
"Given the sharp downturn in the Trump-Modi ties since May 10th, 2025, it is perhaps not very surprising that India has not been included. Undoubtedly, it would have been to our advantage if we had been part of this group."
"This news comes a day after the PM had enthusiastically posted on his telephone call with his once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC," the Congress leader asserted.
The new US-led strategic initiative, rooted in deep cooperation with trusted allies, has been launched to build a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain.
According to the US State Department, the initiative called 'Pax Silica' aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence (AI), and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale.
The initiative includes Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. With the exception of India, all other QUAD countries -- Japan, Australia and the US -- are part of the new initiative.
New Delhi will host the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19-20, focusing on the principles of 'People, Planet, and Progress'. The summit, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the France AI Action Summit, will be the first-ever global AI summit hosted in the Global South.
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump on Thursday discussed ways to sustain momentum in the bilateral economic partnership in a phone conversation amid signs of the two sides inching closer to firming up a much-awaited trade deal.
The phone call between the two leaders came on a day Indian and American negotiators concluded two-day talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement that is expected to provide relief to India from the Trump administration's whopping 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods.
In a social media post, Modi had described the conversation as "warm and engaging".
"We reviewed the progress in our bilateral relations and discussed regional and international developments. India and the US will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity," Modi had said without making any reference to trade ties.
