Overview
- Ketan Vishal Agarwal slipped from a cliff while taking photographs at Lohagad Fort and fell into a deep gorge on Thursday morning, police said.
- Rescue teams including the Shivdurg Mitra group and local volunteers spent about three hours retrieving the body from steep, densely vegetated terrain.
- Police identified the victim as a director in his family’s real-estate firm and said he was due to marry in November, which has focused local attention on the case.
- Authorities sent the body for post-mortem, registered an accidental-death report at Lonavala Rural police station, and say inquiries are ongoing with no sign of foul play.
- Lohagad Fort is a popular but steep trekking site where monsoon winds and wet surfaces raise the risk of slips, and volunteers commonly assist official teams in difficult recoveries.