PUNE: The social media posts that have surfaced in recent days show Ketan Vishal Agarwal smiling beside his fiancée at a birthday celebration, dancing with friends and planning trips abroad.Behind the headlines surrounding the Lohagad murder case was a 26-year-old entrepreneur whose family says he was looking forward to marriage and expanding the family business.A resident of Gahunje in Pune district, Ketan was a director and chief marketing officer at Success Group, the family-run real-estate firm.He had completed a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and was actively involved in expanding the business alongside his family.According to his family, Ketan had travel plans lined up and was looking ahead to his wedding later this year. He and Siya Goyal got engaged in February after both families agreed to the match.The engagement marked the beginning of what appeared to be a close relationship between the two families.Ketan’s father has said the family had known Goyal’s family for for 35-40 years and never suspected anything was out of place.Goyal frequently visited their home and joined them for family outings, dinners and shopping trips.According to Ketan’s father, four people, including the couple, were scheduled to travel to Bali earlier this month.However, the trip did not happen as Ketan’s passport was allegedly stolen at the airport.Just days before his death, Ketan appeared in a birthday celebration video with his fiancée that has since gone viral.The clip showed the couple smiling, dancing and cutting a cake as friends recorded the moment.What was initially believed to be an accidental fall at Lohagad Fort on June 18 later turned into a murder investigation.Police have alleged that Ketan was pushed into a gorge as part of a conspiracy involving his fiancée and her friend.“If she didn’t want to get married, she could have simply refused; we would have cancelled the wedding immediately,” Ketan’s father said recently.As police continue their investigation, Ketan’s family continues to cope with the loss of a son who had recently got engaged and was preparing for the next chapter of his life.What remains are memories, photographs and videos of a future that was taken away too soon.
