{"id":40310,"date":"2026-09-20T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/ketan-agrawal-murder-case-lohgarh-plot-fake-instagram-profile-exposed\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:20:36","slug":"ketan-agrawal-murder-case-lohgarh-plot-fake-instagram-profile-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/ketan-agrawal-murder-case-lohgarh-plot-fake-instagram-profile-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketan Agrawal Murder Case | Lohgarh Plot &#038; Fake Instagram Profile Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/ketan-117833992051783410152_1789887915.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/ketan-117833992051783410152_1789887915.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/ketan-117833992051783410152_1789887915.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Pune Police have cited several pieces of evidence in the Ketan Agrawal murder case that allegedly helped them establish that his death at Lohagad Fort on June 18 was not an accident.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Among the key clues highlighted in the chargesheet are discrepancies in Siya Goyal\u2019s account of the incident, CCTV footage showing a hooded man following Ketan and Siya at the fort, and the large number of calls exchanged between Siya and accused Chetan Chaudhary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/pune-murder17823768601788633754749_1789888671.jpeg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/pune-murder17823768601788633754749_1789888671.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/pune-murder17823768601788633754749_1789888671.jpeg\" alt=\"Siya and Ketan Agarwal got engaged in November 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><span>Siya and Ketan Agarwal got engaged in November 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Ketan\u2019s death was initially treated as an accident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Ketan\u2019s body was found at Lohagad Fort on June 18 after he fell into a gorge estimated to be around 350-400 feet deep. At the initial stage of the investigation, the incident was considered an accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to the initial account, Ketan had gone to Lohagad with Siya. He allegedly fell while taking photographs near a rocky area. The circumstances surrounding his fall, however, later came under scrutiny as police continued their investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/comp-126-117822059641788633870756_1789888712.gif\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/comp-126-117822059641788633870756_1789888712.gif\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/comp-126-117822059641788633870756_1789888712.gif\" alt=\"After the search operation, Ketan's body was found in the ditch\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><span>After the search operation, Ketan&#8217;s body was found in the ditch<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>CCTV footage showed a hooded man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">During the investigation, police examined CCTV footage from the area near Lohagad\u2019s ticket counter. The footage allegedly showed a man wearing a hoodie following Ketan and Siya as they moved towards the fort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Police later identified the person as Chetan Chaudhary, who has been described as Siya\u2019s boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The presence of Chetan at the fort became an important part of the investigation because, according to police, his presence was not consistent with the initial account of Ketan\u2019s visit being a private outing between him and Siya.<\/p>\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/761789831975285_1789888727.gif\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/761789831975285_1789888727.gif\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/761789831975285_1789888727.gif\" alt=\"According to the police, Siya and Chetan were found in a cafe in Pune on June 17\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><span>According to the police, Siya and Chetan were found in a cafe in Pune on June 17<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>2,004 calls between Siya and Chetan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Investigators also examined the call detail records of Siya and Chetan. According to the chargesheet, the two exchanged 2,004 calls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Police have cited the frequency of their communication, along with several lengthy conversations, as digital evidence relevant to the alleged conspiracy. Investigators examined the call records to establish the communication between the two before and around the time of Ketan\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Police found discrepancies in Siya\u2019s account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Police also reportedly found discrepancies in Siya\u2019s statements during the investigation. These inconsistencies, along with the CCTV footage and call records, led investigators to examine the possibility that Ketan\u2019s fall had been deliberately planned rather than being an accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The chargesheet alleges that the incident was part of a larger conspiracy involving Siya, Chetan and Ritesh Hange.<\/p>\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/image148_1789889385.png\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/image148_1789889385.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1095\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/09\/20\/image148_1789889385.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>Other digital evidence cited in chargesheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Apart from the three key clues, police have cited several other forms of evidence in the 5,053-page chargesheet. These include WhatsApp chats, photographs, mobile phone data, call detail records, CCTV footage and technical investigation reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The chargesheet also contains statements from around 80-85 witnesses. Police have identified three witnesses who allegedly saw Siya and Chetan around the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">According to the chargesheet, investigators also examined the alleged use of a fake Instagram account, online search history and other digital activity while probing the sequence of events leading to Ketan\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Siya Goyal, Chetan Chaudhary and Ritesh Hange are currently in judicial custody and are lodged at Pune\u2019s Yerawada Central Jail.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune Police have cited several pieces of evidence in the Ketan Agrawal murder case that allegedly helped them establish that his death at Lohagad Fort on June 18 was not an accident. Among the key clues highlighted in the chargesheet are discrepancies in Siya Goyal\u2019s account of the incident, CCTV footage showing a hooded man&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46373,46377,45655,46372,46376,45654,46375,46374],"class_list":["post-40310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-instagram-fake-profile","tag-investigation-updates","tag-ketan-agrawal","tag-lohgarh-crime","tag-police-chargesheet","tag-pune-murder-case","tag-ritesh-hange","tag-siya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}