{"id":26143,"date":"2026-06-24T21:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ketan-agrawal-murder-case-siya-was-not-mentally-ready-under-family-pressure-to-marry-say-cops-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T16:13:44","slug":"ketan-agrawal-murder-case-siya-was-not-mentally-ready-under-family-pressure-to-marry-say-cops-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ketan-agrawal-murder-case-siya-was-not-mentally-ready-under-family-pressure-to-marry-say-cops-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketan Agrawal murder case: Siya was &#8216;not mentally ready&#8217; &#038; under family pressure to marry, say cops | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131972293,imgsize-94630,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ketan-agarwal-pune-lohagad-fort-death.jpg\" alt=\"Ketan Agrawal murder case: Siya was 'not mentally ready' &amp; under family pressure to marry, say cops\" title=\"Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18\">Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The investigation into the death of Pune businessman Ketan Agarwal continued on Wednesday with the police claiming that his fianc\u00e9e, Siya Goyal, was reluctant to go ahead with their marriage and was facing pressure from her family to accept the match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>According to police sources cited by ANI, questioning of the accused and analysis of digital and circumstantial evidence suggest that Siya wanted more time for herself and was not mentally prepared for marriage despite her family&#8217;s expectations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>&#8220;The accused was apparently not mentally prepared for marriage and was under pressure from her family to accept the proposal,&#8221; a senior police official told ANI. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18. <!-- -->The incident was initially treated as an accidental death after Siya informed his family that he had slipped during a trek. However, police now allege that Ketan was pushed into the gorge by Siya, 20, and her alleged lover, Chetan Chaudhary, 22.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>A key breakthrough came after investigators reviewed CCTV footage from the fort. Officers noticed a hooded man following Ketan and Siya from a short distance. The individual, later identified as Chaudhary, drew attention because he was wearing a hoodie despite temperatures reaching around 33 degrees Celsius.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>&#8220;While investigating the case, we stumbled upon certain circumstances surrounding the incident that raised suspicion and prompted a deeper probe. We checked CCTV cameras installed at the ticket counter of the fort, where we spotted Ketan and Siya walking together,&#8221; a police officer involved in the investigation said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>&#8220;The man was wearing shorts and a hoodie. The front part of the hoodie was pulled so low that his face could not be seen. <!-- -->Additionally, the man was wearing a headset over the hoodie. In another footage clip, we noticed Siya suddenly looking back and, at the same time, the man in the hoodie suddenly sitting down,&#8221; the officer added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>During the investigation, police learnt from Ketan&#8217;s relatives that Siya had earlier expressed reservations about the marriage and had even asked whether the wedding could be postponed by a year. The couple got engaged in February and were due to marry in November at a palace venue booked in Udaipur.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Investigators also found that Siya had repeatedly urged Ketan to visit Lohagad Fort. Police claim she took him there on May 31 and later encouraged further visits on June 4, June 14 and June 18. Officers allege that an earlier attempt to push Ketan from a cliff on June 14 failed after he managed to hold onto a bush.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/ketan-agrawal-murder-case-siya-was-not-mentally-ready-under-family-pressure-to-marry-say-cops\/articleshow\/131972300.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ketan, 26, died after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18 NEW DELHI: The investigation into the death of Pune businessman Ketan Agarwal continued on Wednesday with the police claiming that his fianc\u00e9e, Siya Goyal, was reluctant to go ahead with their marriage and was facing pressure from her family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}