He Thought It Was A Romantic Trek: Inside The Final 72 Hours Of Ketan Agarwal's Life Before His Fatal Fall
He Thought It Was A Romantic Trek: Inside The Final 72 Hours Of Ketan Agarwal's Life Before His Fatal Fall Written By, Last Updated: June
He Thought It Was A Romantic Trek: Inside The Final 72 Hours Of Ketan Agarwal's Life Before His Fatal Fall Written By, Last Updated: June 24, 2026, 20:32 IST At the heart of the conspiracy is Ketan's twenty-year-old fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her alleged lover, twenty-two-year-old Chetan Chaudhary The case initially appeared to be an accidental death during a trek to Lohagad Fort, a popular trekking destination near Pune. Siya had allegedly claimed that Ketan lost his balance and fell into the gorge while the couple was taking photographs. File images The horrific murder of twenty-si year-old Pune real estate director Ketan Vishal Agarwal has sent shockwaves through Maharashtra’s business elite, exposing a meticulously planned execution disguised as a tragic holiday mishap. While initial reports registered his fatal four-hundred-foot plunge from the historic Lohagad Fort as an accidental slip during a weekend trek, a gruelling investigation by the Lonavala Rural Police has blown the case wide open. At the heart of the conspiracy is his twenty-year-old fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her alleged lover, twenty-two-year-old Chetan Chaudhary. Far from a spontaneous crime of passion, forensic data and surveillance footage reveal that the final seventy-two hours of Ketan’s life were a harrowing countdown orchestrated to ensure he would never walk off that cliff alive.
As investigators piece together the timeline, it has become evident that the plot moved from psychological manipulation to physical tracking, a culmination of a desperate attempt by the accused to escape an arranged marriage alliance without fracturing their wealthy families’ social standing. Stalking and the Burner Phone Trap The sinister final phase of the plot began in earnest on the morning of Sunday, June 16, as Chetan Chaudhary systematically laid the groundwork for an airtight alibi. To mislead tower-dumping analysis and avoid leaving a digital trail near Lonavala, Chaudhary left his personal mobile phone active at his retail shop in Bibwewadi, Pune. He then surreptitiously borrowed a handset belonging to one of his retail employees. This device, with its mobile data deliberately turned off to avoid continuous GPS logging, effectively turned into a ghost handset, used solely for encrypted coordination with Siya. By Monday, June 17, the trap was fully set. Siya Goyal successfully convinced an unsuspecting Ketan to plan a Tuesday morning trek to Lohagad Fort, framing it as a romantic getaway to ease pre-wedding jitters. What Ketan did not know was that every detail of their plan, including their departure time and vehicle registration numbers, was being relayed to Chaudhary via the employee’s handset.
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