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A GIRL was held on suspicion of murder after an ex-boyfriend was found dead in a car boot.

Gagandip Singh’s charred remains were discovered in the burnt out vehicle and police suspect he was killed over a love triangle involving the girl, 19, and another youth.

The 21-year-old’s body was found near Greenwich Park, South East London, at 2am on Saturday in a stolen Mercedes. Gagandip, from nearby Bexleyheath, had been in a relationship with the girl until recently, it is believed.

His businessman father Charanjit Singh was murdered in India in 2009 after a land deal went wrong. Police have not formally ruled out a link between the two killings but believe they are unrelated.

Tests revealed Gagandip had received severe head injuries but a postmortem yesterday proved inconclusive. Police arrested the girl and a 19-year-old youth believed to be a close friend early yesterday and forensic scientists were searching an address in Brighton.

Det Chief Insp Damian Allain said: “We don’t believe this was a random killing and are following a line of inquiry it was a targeted attack.”