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Murder and Conspiracy at Lohagad Fort: The Story of Goyal and Chaudhary

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
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Murder and Conspiracy at Lohagad Fort: The Story of Goyal and Chaudhary

Something really disturbing happened in Maharashtra. Pune Rural Police found something sinister behind what everyone thought was just a bad trekking accident at Lohagad Fort.

They arrested two people, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary . They’re accused of planning the murder of Goyal’s fiancé, Ketan Vishal Agrawal . He actually plunged nearly four hundred feet down a jagged gorge on June 18th.

Goyal, she claimed at first, it was just wind and a slip during some photos. But the investigations the forensic stuff, the digital trails they showed something calculated. A blueprint for betrayal.

The real kicker comes from what they dug out in the interrogations. It wasn’t just about the fall. It was about mind games. They figured out Agrawal had severe acrophobia . An intense fear of heights that paralyzed him. He flatly refused to go up high, avoiding steep terrain for weeks leading up to this.

But Goyal started chipping away at that resistance. She used his feelings. Framing the trek as some kind of mandatory, intimate pre-birthday celebration. He wanted to please her, you know? Especially with their big winter wedding coming up. So he aGreed to face something he absolutely dreaded. Unaware his vulnerability was just being twisted into a weapon.

It wasn’t just that one push on June 18th. Police officials said the real deal was worse. That fall was actually their second try against Agrawal within a single week. Remember June 14th? Goyal managed to get him to that same spot. The co-conspirators were waiting there, ready to panic him into thinking snakes were attacking him. But Agrawal, his instincts kicked in. He stayed away from the edge.

So they switched tactics. Physical force. Goyal kept him near a ledge, pretending to take pictures. And Chaudhary just moved in, quietly closing the gap. A violent push, sending the real-estate director into the abyss.

Then the story got messy for them. Agrawal’s family pushed back hard on that accidental death report. They saw how ridiculous it sounded, especially knowing about Ketan’s fear of heights. They demanded a real look into things.

That's when Lonavala Rural Police and the local crime branch started digging deeper. They found something damning on Goyal’s phone. Digital trail showing constant coordination with Chaudhary. And here’s another piece: she had shredded her own passport in a hotel washroom. Why? To mess up their planned trip to Bali with Agrawal. She wanted him stuck locally, where they could actually pull off the crime.

Now both of them face serious charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . Murder and criminal conspiracy. It just unravels all the carefully constructed lies.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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