15 July,2016 08:18 PM IST | | PTI
A local court remanded Divya Pahuja, who was with Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli when he was killed in an encounter at a city hotel, and her mother in the custody of Mumbai police till July 20
A local court on Friday remanded Divya Pahuja, who was with Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli when he was killed in an encounter at a city hotel, and her mother in the custody of Mumbai police till July 20.
Divya Pahuja
Mumbai police is probing the encounter which Gadoli's relatives allege was fake. Divya and her mother were arrested in this connection yesterday. The prosecution today told the court that Divya, Gadolee's friend, and her mother worked as informers for the Haryana Police and were paid for it.
When Divya travelled to Mumbai with Gadoli in February, she kept updating her mother about their whereabouts, and her mother passed on the information to the Gurgaon police who were looking for the gangster, prosecution said. Police had obtained the call data record of conversation between Divya and Sonia, it added.
Outside the court, Divya said she was innocent. Gadoli was shot dead by a team of Haryana police at a hotel near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here on February 7.
After his family alleged that it was a staged encounter and moved the high court, a special investigation team of Mumbai police started probing the case.
SIT earlier arrested three Haryana policemen: constables Vikram Singh and Jitendra Yadav and sub-inspector Pradhyuman Yadav who led the encounter team.
According to Haryana Police, Gadoli, a history-sheeter, was shot in retaliation after he fired at them when they went to arrest him.
