Police have revealed that Siya Goyal allegedly rehearsed pushing her fiance, Ketan Agarwal, off a cliff at Lohagad Fort with her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary.
Key Points
- Pune police investigated the alleged rehearsal site where Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary planned the murder of Ketan Agarwal.
- Goyal's clothes worn on the day of the incident at Lohagad Fort were recovered from her residence.
- The accused, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, are alleged to have eliminated Agarwal due to his interference in their relationship.
- Crime scene recreations were conducted with both Goyal and Chaudhary to understand the sequence of events.
- Ketan Agarwal's father had previously raised concerns about Goyal's closeness to Chaudhary and a sabotaged pre-wedding trip.
Police on Thursday took Siya Goyal to a location in Pune where she and Chetan Chaudhary had allegedly rehearsed how to push her fiance and realtor Ketan Agarwal off a cliff at Lohagad Fort, officials said.
They also recovered the clothes allegedly worn by Goyal on June 18, the day of the incident, during a search at her residence in the Market Yard area of Pune.
Goyal (20) and her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary (22) are accused of pushing 25-year-old Agarwal to his death from a cliff at the Lohagad Fort in Pune district on June 18. Agarwal and Goyal were set to marry in November this year.
Following the alleged murder, Goyal and Chaudhary were arrested and have been remanded in police custody till July 3.
Rehearsal Of The Alleged Murder Plot
"Investigation has revealed that Siya and Chetan had rehearsed at an open space near a club in Lullanagar how to push Ketan off the cliff at Lohagad Fort. Today, Siya was taken to the spot, where she identified the place where they had allegedly carried out the rehearsal," a Pune Rural Police official said.
During the house panchnama, the police recovered the clothes Goyal had allegedly worn on the day of the incident at Lohagad Fort, the official said.
Motive Behind The Alleged Crime
According to police, Goyal and Chaudhary allegedly eliminated Agarwal as he was turning out to be an obstacle in their relationship.
The Pune Rural police on Wednesday recreated the crime scene with co-accused Chaudhary, who allegedly played a role in the conspiracy to murder Agarwal. They conducted a similar crime scene reconstruction with Goyal on Sunday, during which a dummy was pushed off the cliff in her presence.
According to the police, Ketan Agarwal's father Vishal Agarwal mentioned in his complaint that his son had repeatedly voiced concerns about Goyal's closeness to Chaudhary, saying she often mentioned the latter's name in their conversations.
Goyal had earlier sabotaged their planned pre-wedding trip to Bali, Indonesia, the police said.
