Ketan Agarwal murder: Court extends police custody of fiancee Siya Goyal, her lover Chetan by five more days

The Vadgaon Maval court on Monday extended the police custody of Siya Goyal and her lover Chetan Chaudhary by five more days in connection with the Ketan Agarwal murder case.

Ketan, a 26-year-old Pune-based real estate executive was allegedly killed by his fiancee Siya and her lover Chetan at Lohagad Fort on June 18.

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Both Siya and Chetan were produced before the court after the expiry of their intial custody.

The police had south the extension, saying that several crucial aspects of the probe still remain incomplete.

Police told the court that they need to recreate the crime scene with both accused present, trace Chetan’s movements after the incident, examine phone conversations exchanged following the murder, and recover evidence linked to the destruction of Ketan’s passport.

According to investigators, Siya allegedly tore and burnt the passport after stealing it during a stop at a food mall while the family was travelling to Mumbai airport for a planned pre-wedding trip to Bali.

The Bali visit was cancelled after Ketan discovered his passport was missing at the airport. Police believe the passport was deliberately removed to prevent the couple from travelling together.

Earlier, the driver who ferried the group claimed Siya had returned to the parked vehicle alone during the journey, allegedly taking some belongings from inside.

Meanwhile, the police recreated the alleged sequence of events at Lohagad Fort on June 28 using a dummy, temporarily closing the fort to the public to conduct the exercise without interruption.

Ketan was initially believed to have died in an accidental fall into a 400-foot gorge. But police found that he had been pushed from the cliff, allegedly by Siya and Chetan. Both were reportedly in a relationship and considered Ketan an obstacle.

According to the police, the accused exchanged more than 2,000 phone calls over six months, spending nearly 238 hours speaking to each other. Conversations formed part of a planned conspiracy that culminated in the murder, police suspect.

The investigation has further uncovered that Siya allegedly attempted to kill Ketan days before the fatal incident.

(With agency inputs)