No, I haven’t switched sides. I’m still a fan of murders and I still hate men. No religious changes here.
I’ve a habit of cracking jokes when a man dies this way, mostly because women have been going through this for centuries but now that a few men have died it has become a big topic of discussion. But what needs to be said needs to be said.
If you’ve spent any time on Indian news websites recently, you’ve probably come across headlines involving an engagement, a secret relationship, a fort, an apparent trekking accident, and a murder investigation that sounds more like a Netflix true crime documentary than something that happened in real life.
And yet, here we are. Raja Raghuvanshi 2.0
It Started as an Accident
On June 18, 2026, 26-year-old businessman Ketan Agarwal died after falling into a gorge near Lohagad Fort in Maharashtra.
At first glance, it looked tragic but straightforward.
People fall during treks. Accidents happen. Cases get closed.
Except this one didn’t.
Investigators began noticing inconsistencies. Family members reportedly raised concerns. Questions started piling up.
And eventually, the story took a turn nobody expected.
Actually no, I take that back. This was pretty predictable from the very start.
The Allegation
According to Pune Rural Police, Ketan’s fiancée, Siya Goyal, and her alleged boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary, conspired to kill him.
Police believe the pair were involved in a romantic relationship and viewed Ketan as an obstacle.
The alleged plan?
Make his death look like an accident.
If true, it’s the kind of motive that has appeared in crime novels for decades: a love triangle, a planned death, and a carefully constructed cover story. It’s Raja Raghuvanshi all over again.
The Fort That Became a Crime Scene
Lohagad Fort is one of Maharashtra’s most popular trekking destinations.
People visit for the views.
Nobody expects it to become the center of a murder investigation.
According to investigators, Ketan was allegedly pushed into the gorge during the trek.
The fall that initially appeared accidental suddenly became the focus of a homicide probe.
And that’s when investigators started digging deeper.
The Plot That Allegedly Failed More Than Once
Perhaps the most shocking part of the investigation is the allegation that June 18 wasn’t the first attempt.
Police claim there were multiple earlier efforts to kill Ketan that didn’t succeed.
One alleged attempt reportedly failed when he survived a fall.
Another plan allegedly never materialized.
Yet another was supposedly abandoned because there were too many people around.
If investigators are correct, the final incident was not spontaneous.
It was the culmination of repeated attempts.
That’s the detail that makes this case particularly disturbing.
Not the violence.
The persistence.
The Small Mistakes That Changed Everything
Many criminal investigations aren’t solved because of dramatic confessions.
They’re solved because somebody makes a mistake.
A phone call.
A message.
A location ping.
A witness.
A CCTV camera.
In this case, investigators reportedly pieced together phone records, movement patterns, digital evidence, and witness accounts.
One detail that received significant attention was the appearance of an individual wearing a hoodie in unusually hot weather near the location.
A seemingly insignificant observation became part of a much larger puzzle.
And as often happens in criminal investigations, the cover story allegedly began to collapse under scrutiny.
A Reminder About True Crime
Cases like this are a reminder of why true crime fascinates people.
Not because murder is interesting.
Because human behavior is.
Most people cannot comprehend how resentment turns into planning.
How planning turns into action.
And how ordinary lives suddenly become front-page news.
Ketan was not at fault. He was the only innocent person in this entire ordeal. The real criminals, besides his murderers, are Siya’s parents.
To arrange a marriage for a twenty year old girl, just to break her relationship with someone she actually loves — that’s not just cruel, it’s sadistic.
If I tell you, I’m forcing a girl to sleep with a man — you’d call it prostitution. But when parents do it in the name of marriage it’s alright. In a country where marital rape is legal, arranged marriage is just a rape permit given to the groom by the bride’s family. And as harsh as it sounds, I’m not surprised by the kind of cases we see today. Because that’s what has been the sentiment since the beginning of time. I’m surprised that it took so long for this to be a common issue.
The only solution to this is to ban arranged marriages. No country where arranged marriage is not the norm is facing this. It’s not a man vs woman issue. It’s a control issue. Parents need to give up control of their girls.
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