The body of a 27-year-old former model Divya Pahuja, who was shot dead in City Point hotel in Gurugram, has been recovered after 11 days of her killing from a canal in Haryana's Fatehabad district, police said on Saturday. Pahuja's body was identified by a tattoo on her back.

"The body in a decomposing situation was recovered from the Bhakra canal in Tohana, Fatehabad district," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Varun Dahiya said.

However, in connection with the murder, the police have also one another accused identified as Parvesh from Rohtak on Saturday for supplying a murder weapon and other illegal weapons to Abhijeet Singh who killed Divya. The police have so far recovered three illegal weapons and 40 live cartridges from the possession of Abhijeet. The murder weapon is yet to be recovered.

Meanwhile, a clue regarding the whereabouts of the body was revealed after the arrest of Balraj Gill, who along with his associate Ravi Banga had fled with Divya's body. With the help of 25 teams of NDRF, and SDRF, the police launched a search for the body from Patiala to Khanauri in Fatehabad. The police sent a photo of the body to Divya's family, following which they identified it to be hers due to the tattoo, police said. After the confirmation, the police took possession of the body.

Divya was shot dead in room number 111 of the City Point Hotel near the Gurugram bus stand on January 2. According to the police, Divya and Abhijeet were in a relationship and the latter killed the woman in a fit of rage after she refused to delete some of his objectionable photos from her mobile phone.

Balraj had earlier said that he along with Ravi had thrown Divya's body into the Bhakra Canal near Patiala, Punjab. The body travelled 150 km from Bhakra Canal near Patiala, Punjab to Khanauri in Fatehabad after it was recovered by the police. Balraj is being brought to Gurugram on a three-day transit remand. He disclosed that after throwing the body into the Bhakra Canal, they abandoned the BMW used in the crime at the Patiala bus stand.

According to police sources, Balraj revealed that on the night of January 2, he and Ravi had left Gurugram with the body in the BMW. After they abandoned the car in Patiala, they first went to Udaipur in a taxi. After this, the police traced both the accused and found out that they were staying in a hotel in Udaipur. By the time the police team reached Udaipur, both the accused escaped from there and returned to Chandigarh. From Chandigarh, Balraj and Ravi boarded a train and reached Howrah, following which they parted ways.

On Thursday, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued by the Gurugram Police for Balraj and Ravi amid the possibility of them fleeing abroad. The very next day, the airport police arrested Balraj from Kolkata airport. Ravi, however, remains absconding.

In connection with Divya's murder, the police have so far arrested five persons including the prime accused, Abhijeet Singh, his aides Om Prakash, Hemraj, Balraj Gill, Parvesh and a woman, Megha. The woman had helped Abhijeet in hiding, throwing away the murder weapon, documents, and personal belongings of Divya Pahuja. Om Prakash and Hemraj had helped Abhijeet to drag Divya's body into the boot of a BMW car.

Later, Balraj and Ravi fled with the body. Megha told the police that when she reached the hotel on January 2, she noticed Divya's body. Abhijeet then asked her to dispose of the belongings of the deceased woman, but she was too scared to follow his instructions, sources said.

The police have recovered the BMW car which was used to take the body to Patiala. During questioning, Abhijeet told the police that Divya used to blackmail him and also extorted money.

Divya came in contact with Abhijeet through a jailed gangster, Binder Gujjar.

Binder Gujjar is said to be the prime conspirator in the alleged "fake encounter" of gangster Sandeep Gadoli, along with the Gurugram Police, which took place in Mumbai in 2016. Divya was the prime accused in the case. Later, she was arrested in connection with the gangster's murder, and she spent seven years in jail. She was granted bail last year in June by the Bombay High Court.

Divya's family has alleged that her murder conspiracy was hatched by Sandeep Gadoli's family members, along with Abhijeet.