'Did We Check Her Background?': Ketan Had Suspected Siya’s Affair Before Fatal Fort Visit

Last Updated:June 30, 2026, 22:57 IST

Ketan was allegedly pushed off a cliff at Lohagad Fort in Pune district on June 18 by Siya Goyal (20) and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary (22).

Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly murdered at Lohagad Fort earlier this month, had shared his concerns with family members about his fiancée Siya Goyal’s behaviour and questioned whether her background had been properly verified before their marriage was fixed, police said.

According to investigators, Ketan had also expressed suspicion that Siya was involved in a relationship with another person.

Ketan was allegedly pushed off a cliff at Lohagad Fort in Pune district on June 18 by Siya Goyal (20) and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary (22). The couple was scheduled to marry in November. Both accused have been arrested and remanded in police custody till July 3.

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A police official said Ketan’s father, Vishal Agarwal, stated in his complaint that his son had repeatedly spoken about Siya’s closeness to co-accused Chetan Chaudhary, saying she frequently mentioned his name during their conversations.

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Police also said Goyal had earlier disrupted the couple’s planned pre-wedding trip to Bali, Indonesia.

“After the Bali trip got cancelled on June 6, Ketan had approached his father and complained about Siya picking up fights over small issues. His father told him that, as she is young, she might have been behaving in that manner and assured that they would counsel her," the police official said.

Investigators said Ketan and Siya had visited Lohagad Fort on June 14, four days before his death. Police have earlier alleged that Siya attempted to push Ketan off the same cliff during that visit, but he managed to hold onto a bush.

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When he questioned what had happened, she allegedly raised a false alarm about a snake and made it appear that she had saved him.

Ketan Doubts His Fiancée After June 14 Visit To Lohagad Fort

“After returning from the Lohgad Fort on June 14, Ketan had once again asked his father whether they had conducted a thorough inquiry about Siya before fixing the marriage. Ketan told his father that her phone was often busy whenever he called her and that she frequently mentioned Chaudhary during their conversations," the police official said.

According to police, Ketan had told his family he suspected Siya was having an affair. His family, however, reassured him that there was likely no reason for concern as the Goyal family was related to them.

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Police said the match between Ketan and Siya had been arranged through a common relative of the Agarwal and Goyal families, and the engagement was held at a hotel in Pune in February this year.

On Sunday, police took Goyal to Lohagad Fort to reconstruct the alleged crime scene using a human-sized dummy. According to investigators, Goyal allegedly sat down to signal Chaudhary before Agrawal was pushed off the cliff.

With inputs from PTI

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