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Ketan died on June 18 after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort while trekking with Siya. He was allegedly pushed off a ledge by her. However, Ketan's sister rejected the accident theory from the start.

On June 18, Ketan was killed at the Lohagad Fort near Pune. His fiancee Siya Goyal and her lover Chetan Chaudhary have been arrested by the police. It has now emerged that the two accused had made several failed attempts to kill Ketan before the actual murder.

Babulal Chaudhary, the father of the accused Chetan Chaudhary, said that his son had no role in the tragedy that unfolded at the Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18.

The incident was initially logged as an accidental death. Sympathy had been with Siya Goyal, 26, after her fiance fell into a gorge while taking photos and died just days before their marriage.

Driven by an intense fear of societal shame and family humiliation, Pune's Lohagad Fort tragedy highlights the dark psychology of choosing a cold-blooded murder over simply saying no to an arranged marriage.

NEW DELHI: The investigation into the death of Pune businessman Ketan Agarwal continued on Wednesday with the police claiming that his fiancee, Siya Goyal, was reluctant to go ahead with their marriage and was facing pressure from her family to accept the match.

PUNE: Even as Pune Rural Police piece together a premeditated murder conspiracy at Lohagad Fort, the father of accused Chetan Chaudhary has come out in his son's defence, claiming Chetan was nowhere near Ketan Agarwal when the 26-year-old businessman fell to his death on June 18 and that police had assured the family the matter would be resolved within hours.

Siya Goyal, 20, belongs to an affluent business family in Pune, like her fiance Ketan Agarwal, the director of family-run real estate firm Success Group. | India News

Lonavala Rural Police has registered a murder case against a woman and her friend after her fiancee was reported to have died after falling from the Lohagad Fort near Pune, but subsequent police investigation revealed that he had been "pushed to death". The woman, Siya Goyal and her friend, Chetan Chaudhary, have been arrested. Pune Rural Police SP Sandeep Singh Gill said the two had confessed to the crime. Giving details, Gill said that Siya Goyal and Ketan Agarwal, who were engaged, had visited Lohagad Fort on June 18.He said Siya Goyal called to report that Ketan Agarwal had slipped and fallen from the fort, resulting in his death.

Lohagad Fort murder: Ketan Agarwal belonged to a prominent Pune business family and served as a director at Success Group, a real-estate company. | India News