Pune Police has filed a 5053-page chargesheet in the murder of 26-year-old businessman Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad Fort on June 18.As per the chargesheet, prime accused Siya Goyal, his fiancee, along with her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary and their associate Ritesh Hange allegedly pushed Agarwal from the fort.
Police said the conspiracy involved a fake Instagram account named ‘Mahi’ created using a photo of a woman known to them to lure Agarwal to the fort on the pretext of a surprise birthday plan for Goyal.
The idea was allegedly given by Ritesh Hange and the account was deleted after the crime.Investigators revealed that the accused initially planned to hire a person from outside Maharashtra to injure Agarwal but abandoned the plan fearing blackmail.
That person has now become a witness.Later, they decided to execute the murder themselves and allegedly took help of ChatGPT, watched murder movies and listened to podcasts on how to evade police.
They also researched the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case of Raja Raghuvanshi. The accused did recce of several isolated locations around Lonavala including Tiger Point before choosing Lohagad Fort as a death had been reported there last year and they thought the murder could be shown as an accidental fall.All three accused are under arrest.
