Ketan Agarwal murder: Victim suspected fiancée had affair, asked kin if her background was checked

Pune: Police probing the Ketan Agarwal murder case have found that the victim had expressed suspicion to his family that his fiancee was in a relationship with someone else and that he had asked his family members if her background was checked thoroughly before fixing his marriage with her.

Ketan, a Pune-based realtor, was allegedly pushed to death from a cliff at the Lohagad Fort in the district on June 18 by his fiancee Siya Goyal (20) and her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary (22).

Ketan and Siya were set to marry in November this year.

Following the alleged murder, both the accused -- Siya and Chetan -- were arrested and have been remanded in police custody till July 3.

A police official said Ketan's father, Vishal Agarwal, mentioned in his complaint that his son had repeatedly voiced concerns about Siya's closeness to co-accused Chetan Chaudhary, saying she often mentioned the latter's name in their conversation.

According to police, Goyal had earlier sabotaged their 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.

On June 14, Siya and Ketan had gone to the same spot at the Lohagad Fort, from where he was pushed to death four days later. On that day (June 14) also, she had allegedly tried to push Ketan off the cliff.