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Pune Chargesheet Alleges Lohagad Fall Was Deliberate Murder

A 5,000-page police chargesheet relies on recovered digital backups plus an eyewitness who says he saw the accused push the victim.

Overview

  • Police say 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal did not die in an accident but was deliberately killed, according to a chargesheet filed after an investigation into his June 18 fall at Lohagad Fort.
  • Investigators have arrested three people — accused fiancée Siya Goyal, alleged partner Chetan Chaudhary, and friend Ritesh Hange — and charged them with murder, criminal conspiracy and evidence destruction.
  • Authorities report analysing nearly 12 terabytes of technical data from six mobile phones, nine pen drives and backups and say forensic teams recovered deleted chats and data from a broken phone.
  • An unnamed witness told police they saw Chetan push Ketan and was later threatened to stay silent, a statement that officers say they have cross-checked with CCTV, call records and photographs.
  • Police say the chargesheet documents months of alleged planning including reconnaissance trips, a fake Instagram account used to lure Ketan, online searches about deleting data, and an aborted attempt to hire a shooter.