PUNE: The investigation into the alleged murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal has revealed that co-accused Chetan Chaudhary allegedly instigated Agarwal’s fiancee Siya Goyal to eliminate him, according to news agency PTI.“From the questioning of both the accused it has come to light that it was Chaudhary who instigated Siya Goyal to eliminate Agarwal at Lohagad Fort,” the official said.Police also questioned Goyal’s brother as part of the probe, the official added.The investigation has also looked into reports suggesting that Siya disliked Agarwal because he wore a wig. A police source said Agarwal did wear a wig but added that it could not be concluded that this was the only reason behind her alleged resentment.“Goyal disliked Agarwal because he wore a wig, it was true that Agarwal wore a wig, but it could not be said that it was the sole reason Siya did not like him,” the police source told news agency PTI.Goyal, 20, and Chaudhary, 22, who were allegedly in a relationship, are accused of plotting the murder of 25-year-old Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed off a cliff at Lohagad Fort in Pune district on June 18.According to police, the couple had allegedly planned the attack. A Pune Rural Police official involved in the investigation said on Thursday that after reaching the cliff point, Goyal gave a pre-decided signal to Chaudhary, who allegedly pushed an unsuspecting Agarwal to his death.Meanwhile, Siya Goyal’s mother has claimed that her daughter was hesitant to visit Lohagad Fort on June 18 but agreed after Ketan Agarwal and his mother persuaded her.“On the evening of June 17, Siya and Ketan had a video call, during which Ketan asked her to accompany him to Lohagad. During the call, Ketan’s mother also spoke to Siya and urged her to go with him. Siya told her that she did not want to go trekking as there was a function scheduled for the following day and she wanted to rest,” her mother claimed.Siya’s father also rejected reports that the family had booked a palace in Udaipur for the wedding and arranged a chartered aircraft.“It is true that the wedding was to take place in Udaipur. The hotel charged around Rs 81,000 per couple per day, and we had booked 70 rooms. Our total expenditure on the wedding was not more than Rs 3 crore,” he said.
