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Investigation into the Murder of Ketan Vishal Agarwal

Thursday, June 25, 2026
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Investigation into the Murder of Ketan Vishal Agarwal

The murder of Ketan Vishal Agarwal , that Pune real estate director twenty-six it just ripped through the business crowd in Maharashtra. It wasn't an accident, not really. It looked like a stupid slip during a weekend trek down at Lohagad Fort. A four-hundred-foot plunge. But the Lonavala Rural Police investigation? That blew everything wide open.

The real mess? It started with his twenty-year-old fiancée, Siya Goyal . And Chetan Chaudhary , her alleged lover, twenty-two. They were at the center of this whole wicked setup.

It wasn't some sudden burst of passion. Forensic data, surveillance footage it shows the last seventy-two hours weren't random. It was a countdown. A slow burn orchestrated to make sure he never walked off that cliff alive. Investigators are slowly stitching together how it went from psychological games to actual physical tracking. Trying to escape whatever arranged marriage nonsense they were involved in, trying not to shatter those wealthy family names.

The sinister part kicked into gear on Sunday morning, June 16th. Chetan Chaudhary was busy setting up his cover. He kept his personal phone active at the retail shop in Bibwewadi. Then he borrowed a work handset. Data turned off. Ghost device. It just sent encrypted signals to Siya. Invisible coordination happening behind closed doors.

Then Monday arrived, June 17th. Siya did her part. She convinced Ketan it was some romantic escape planned for Tuesday morning at Lohagad Fort. Just easing those pre-wedding nerves. What he didn't see? Every detail departure time, car numbers that info went straight to Chaudhary via that borrowed phone. He spent the night just mapping out the fort. Finding all the steep drops. The spots where there were no rails. Places where a shove would look exactly like a slip in the rain.

Tuesday morning, June 18th. Seven in the morning. Ketan and Siya left Pune. Chaudhary was right behind them on a motorbike. Keeping a calculated distance. When they reached the base of the fort? That’s when things went sideways for him. Chaudhary made a move. He had to hide his face from the crowds, from security cameras at the site. So he put on this heavy winter hoodie and some headphones, even though it was scorching June heat. An odd thing. It immediately caught the eye of the vendors, visible on the base-level CCTV feeds.

Ketan and Siya climbed up to a spot. Wind blowing hard. Secluded. Chaudhary was stalking them from behind. Waiting for that moment when the morning mist would hide everything else. At one edge, Ketan was totally disarmed. The ambush happened. He just dropped into the gorge.

Siya tried immediately after. Posted some grief tribute on Instagram. A performance of sorrow. But the police cross-referenced that hoodie seen on camera with thousands of call logs between the conspirators. The facade crumbled fast. They found the whole ugly timeline. Seventy-two hours of calculated malice ending in an arrest warrant.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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