In a sensational case, a 27-year-old Gurugram-based model identified as Divya Pahuja was allegedly murdered under suspicious circumstances at a hotel in City Point in Gurugram, police said.

It is being said that the woman was allegedly killed by Abhijeet Singh the owner of City Point Hotel where the murder took place and his two associates Prakash and Indraj on Tuesday, police said.

However, sources said that the trio accused had been arrested by the Gurugram crime branch earlier in the day. Both Prakash and Indraj used to work in Abhijeet's hotel.

Sources said, Abhijeet killed the woman and then paid his associates Rs 10 lakh to dispose of her body. The police have also collected CCTV footage where the culprits can be seen escaping the crime seen the crime spot in a blue BMW var, carrying Divya's body in the boot.

Apart from this, the CCTV footage, shows Abhijeet, the young woman, and another person arriving at the hotel reception on January 2 and proceeding to room number 111.

Later, on the same night, Abhijeet and others were seen dragging Divya's body inside the hotel wrapped in a sheet.

"Based on CCTV footage, the city police have started investigating the matter with several teams from the Crime Branch conducting raids in Punjab and other areas to recover the body.

A case of murder has been registered against Abhijeet and others based on the complaint filed by Divya's family," said a senior police officer requesting anonymity.

Divya's family has also alleged that her murder was conspired by gangster Sandeep Gadoli's family, in collusion with Abhijeet. Divya, reportedly the girlfriend of gangster Sandeep Gadoli, who was killed in a controversial encounter in Mumbai in February 2016, was also accused of being a police informant at that time.

The former model and prime accused in the murder of gangster Sandeep Gadoli was granted bail by Bombay High Court in June last year.