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Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary Remanded as Police Press Forensic Case in Lohagad Fort Death

Police say their forensic work is intended to prove the killing was rehearsed and premeditated.

Overview

  • Police allege that on June 18 realtor Ketan Agarwal was pushed from a cliff at Lohagad Fort and that his fiancée Siya Goyal and her alleged partner Chetan Chaudhary carried out the act.
  • On July 3 a Pune court remanded Goyal and Chaudhary to 14 days of judicial custody after police told the court more interrogation and forensic work were needed.
  • Investigators have run crime‑scene reconstructions using a dummy matched to the victim’s weight and are conducting gait analysis to compare a hoodie‑clad figure on fort CCTV with reconstructed footage.
  • Officers searched Goyal’s home in Market Yard, seized clothes said to be worn on June 18, and took her to a hillock in Lullanagar that police say was used to rehearse the alleged push.
  • Police have sought court permission to conduct polygraph tests, are examining Agarwal’s phone for deleted data, and have widened the probe to question possible associates including a classmate of Chaudhary.