Ketan Agarwal murder: Chetan Chaudhary’s friend arrested for role in conspiracy

“Hange is a very good friend of Chetan. Probe suggests that Chetan used to share a lot of things with him. Hange was aware of the conspiracy to eliminate Ketan. He knew how it was going to happen and when. On the day following the murder — when the police probe was yet to establish that it was a murder — Chetan and Siya told Hange about what had happened. There have been WhatsApp chats between Hange and Chetan. These communications were deleted by Chetan. But after the forensic examination recovered the deleted data, Hange’s role came to light,” said an officer from Pune Rural police. Hange has been booked in the case under section 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which pertains to criminal conspiracy.

Investigators alleged that 26-year-old Ketan was pushed off a cliff at Lohagad fort on June 18 as part of a conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by his fiancée Siya and her boyfriend Chetan, who were arrested on June 23. Police said Siya and Ketan got engaged on February 19 and were to marry later this year. However, investigators claim Siya had been in a relationship with Chetan since October last year and was unwilling to go ahead with the marriage. Both Siya and Chetan are currently in judicial custody.