Practice pushes, hacks to fool cops: How Siya-Chetan prepped for murder

“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 in Pune’s Lulla Nagar area. We are now investigating why this location was chosen and how the two practised. On Thursday morning, an investigation team took Siya to the location to find out how they practised,” the officer said.

The police officer detailed the measures Siya and Chetan took to cover their tracks. Police have earlier said they deleted their chat history. They also decided on a signal that would prompt Chetan to push Ketan from the fort. This signal was Siya sitting down on the ground.

Siya and Ketan were engaged in February

A love triangle, then murder

The murder of 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal, director of a realty firm in Pune, has made national headlines after the investigation into what was considered an accident revealed the alleged role of his fiancee, Siya, and her boyfriend Chetan.

According to the police, the families of Siya and Ketan planned their wedding in February this year. The two were engaged on February 19, and the wedding was scheduled for later this year.

Siya, police have found, was in a relationship with Chetan since October and did not want to marry Ketan. So she allegedly plotted his murder with her boyfriend, Chetan.

On June 18, Ketan and Siya visited the Lohagad Fort near Pune. The investigation has found that Chetan was already there. Dressed in a hoodie to escape being identified, Chetan followed Siya and Ketan till the three reached the point from where they had decided to push Ketan. Siya sat on the ground – a cue to Chetan – and he allegedly pushed Ketan into the 350-ft gorge next to the Fort.