Lohagad Fort death: Cops take Siya to site where she and Chetan ‘rehearsed’ alleged murder plot

The officer added, “For example, we now know that Siya and Chetan conducted practice on how to execute the plan of pushing Ketan off the cliff. This practice was conducted near a club lounge in Pune’s Lulla Nagar area on Bibwewadi Kondhwa Road. We are now investigating why this particular location was chosen and how the two conducted the practice. On Thursday morning an investigation team took Siya to the location to find out how the practice was held and recreate it. We now know they rehearsed giving signals to each other and then pushing one of them. We have reason to believe that it was during this rehearsal that they decided on the signal—Siya sitting down. By doing so, they believed they would reduce the likelihood of Ketan grabbing hold of her when he was pushed.”

Another officer who is part of the investigation said, “We are also probing that Siya and Chetan accessed some social media and internet platforms to gather information on how to avoid getting caught by the police after they commit the offence.”

Police had earlier said Siya and Chetan deleted their chats in order to destroy evidence of the conspiracy. Their phones have been sent for forensic analysis. Moments before Ketan was pushed off the cliff, Siya took Ketan’s phone and handed it over to his relative a while later, a probe revealed. Police are probing whether Siya deleted any evidence from the phone.