
During custodial interrogation, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary reportedly blamed each other for masterminding the murder of Ketan Agrawal.
According to a Pune Rural police officer, Goyal told investigators that she had informed Agrawal that she did not want to marry him, but he was unwilling to call off the engagement.
She allegedly claimed that Chaudhary then came up with a plan to eliminate Agrawal.
Chaudhary, however, gave a different version. He reportedly told police that Goyal had pressured him into carrying out the killing.
“Investigations so far indicate that the entire conspiracy was hatched by Goyal,” the officer said.
Agrawal, a 25-year-old director of a real estate firm, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort in Maval taluka.
The case was initially treated as an accidental death. However, investigators later arrested his fiancée Goyal and her boyfriend Chaudhary after uncovering evidence pointing to a murder plot.
Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandeep Singh Gill said Agrawal was a frequent trekker.
On May 31, Goyal accompanied him to Lohagad Fort and allegedly identified a spot near the Vinchu Kata ridge where the crime could be carried out.
Police said Goyal tried to take Ketan to the fort again on June 4, but the trip did not happen after his mother objected.
According to Gill, Goyal allegedly tried to push Agrawal off the cliff on June 14. However, he survived by grabbing onto a bush. She reportedly convinced him that the incident was accidental and managed to regain his trust.
Four days later, on June 18, Goyal allegedly returned to the fort with Agrawal. With Chaudhary’s assistance, she allegedly pushed him into a 350-foot-deep gorge, leading to his death.
Investigators also claim that Goyal discarded Agrawal’s passport on June 6 as part of preparations for the crime.
Police have recorded the statement of an employee at Chaudhary’s store.
The employee reportedly told investigators that Chaudhary left his own cellphone behind on June 18 and carried the employee’s phone to Lohagad Fort.
Meanwhile, CCTV footage recovered from a Pune cafe allegedly shows Goyal and Chaudhary meeting between May 31 and June 4. Police are questioning the two about the purpose of those meetings.
As part of the ongoing probe, a Pune Rural police team took Goyal to Lohagad Fort on Thursday for a reconstruction of events.
A forensic team also visited the site to collect evidence.
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