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Digital Footprint Exposes Alleged Murder Plot: ChatGPT Apology, Grief Searches Found in Siya Goyal's Records
- •Police investigating Ketan Agarwal's death at Lohagad Fort filed a 5,053-page charge sheet against Siya Goyal, Chetan Chaudhary, and Ritesh Hange, revealing extensive digital evidence.
- •Siya Goyal allegedly searched online for expressing grief, police recovery of deleted chats, and media influence on investigations around the time of the incident.
- •The charge sheet includes a ChatGPT interaction where Siya sought help drafting an apology to Ketan's mother before his death, cited as part of the digital trail.
- •Investigators reviewed 1,801 chats, recovered 11 deleted WhatsApp chats forensically, and scrutinized mobile records, photos, location data, and social media activity.
- •Digital evidence also showed searches for previous Lohagad Fort deaths and high-profile murder cases, alongside consumption of crime thrillers, with relevance to be assessed in court.
Key Questions Answered
Investigators discovered that accused Siya Goyal used ChatGPT before Ketan Agarwal's death to draft an emotional apology message to his mother after an argument. Police also found online searches regarding how to express grief after a loved one's death, how authorities recover deleted chats, and how media reports impact criminal investigations.
Authorities reviewed approximately 1,801 digital chats, recovered 11 allegedly deleted WhatsApp conversations through forensics, and analyzed mobile records, photographs, location data, and social media activity across Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. They also scrutinized nearly 9,200 videos, CCTV footage, and tourist photographs as part of the 5,053-page charge sheet.
Ketan Agarwal died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort on June 18, 2026, a tragedy initially treated as an accident. However, police later registered a murder case against Siya Goyal and co-accused Chetan Chaudhary after discovering evidence of prior planning, including a failed attempt to push him on June 14 and suspicious photographs taken at the fort.
