THE YOUNGEST accused to be arrested in the ‘fake encounter’ case of Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli was 18-year-old Divya Pahuja. A model and first-year BCom student, Divya was accompanying Gadoli from Rajasthan to Mumbai, as he and his friends planned to go to Goa. She was present in the hotel room where Gadoli was shot dead on February 7, 2016 in Mumbai. As the Mumbai police probed the genuineness of the encounter, it looked into the role of Divya and examined her social media updates on Facebook. The police said she had been updating her location on the social media app throughout her travel.

Source: Indian Express March 28, 2026 08:53 UTC