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Witness Claims He Saw Accused Push Ketan Agarwal Off Lohagad Cliff
- •A key witness claims he saw Chetan Chaudhary push 26-year-old Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal off a cliff at Lohagad Fort.
- •The witness, whose identity is undisclosed, stated Chaudhary threatened him with a similar fate after he confronted him.
- •The witness approached police five days after Agarwal's death, detailing how he saw Chaudhary follow Agarwal and his fiancée Siya Goyal, then push Agarwal.
- •Investigators have also examined 12 TB of technical data from multiple devices, recovering deleted chats and search histories related to data deletion.
- •Pune Rural Police filed a 5,053-page chargesheet, alleging Agarwal's death was a conspiracy involving Goyal and Chaudhary, with a third accused, Ritesh Hange, also arrested.
Key Questions Answered
A key witness told police that he saw accused Siya Goyal point at Ketan Agarwal, sit down, and kick him on the leg before accused Chetan Chaudhary rushed from behind and pushed Agarwal off the cliff. The witness also stated that Chaudhary later threatened to throw him off the fort when confronted.
Investigators examined approximately 12 TB of technical data retrieved from six mobile phones, nine pen drives, backups, call records, and social media accounts. They also scrutinized deleted chats, recovered data, and search history related to deleting information from iPhones and clearing chat histories.
Pune Rural Police have filed a chargesheet against the victim's fiancée Siya Goyal and her partner Chetan Chaudhary, who are accused of conspiring to push Ketan Agarwal off Lohagad Fort. A third accused, Chaudhary's friend Ritesh Hange, was also arrested for allegedly withholding knowledge of the murder plot.
