Was Siya Goyal chatting with a friend saying “wedding jo hone nahi wali”? Viral claims raise questions | Today’s news
A purported screenshot of a Snapchat conversation allegedly involving Siya Goyal, the 20-year-old woman accused of killing her fiancé, businessman Ketan Agarwal, has surfaced online, adding a new twist to the investigation.
The alleged exchange reportedly took place on May 25, about three weeks before Ketan Agarwal, 26, was allegedly pushed into a ravine in Pune’s Lohagad Fort. Police say Siya Goyal and her friend Chetan Chaudhary, 22, committed the crime.
Investigators are now verifying the authenticity of the alleged conversation as part of a homicide investigation.
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Report Allegedly Refers To ‘Wedding That Will Never Happen’
According to the alleged screenshot, Siya Goyal asked a friend to share both sides of her Aadhaar card so that the tickets for the wedding could be booked.
The conversation then takes an unexpected turn, with an alleged message that has since gone viral on social media.
“Aadhaar card front back bhej de. For wedding tickets jo hone nai wali par fir bhi bhej de (Send the front and back of your Aadhaar card. It’s for booking wedding tickets for a wedding that will never happen but send it anyway),” the report attributed to Siya said.
The friend later allegedly replied that the Aadhaar card had already been shared on WhatsApp.
Police are investigating whether the alleged conversation is genuine and whether it has any evidentiary value in the ongoing investigation.
Investigators are looking into whether the flight booking was part of a larger scheme
According to investigators, the alleged chat is being examined to determine whether the reported flight booking was part of a larger plan to divert suspicion or create a fake story after Ketan Agarwal’s death.
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It is currently unknown whether Siya’s friend Goyal knew about the alleged plot.
However, the police identified a third person, possibly classmate Chetan Chaudhary, who allegedly knew about the plan to kill Ketan Agarwal.
The role of the individual is also under investigation.
The couple was due to marry in November
Ketan Agarwal and Siya Goyal got engaged earlier this year and were set to tie the knot in November in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
According to investigators, two special flights were also booked to transport guests to the planned wedding.
These preparations came to an abrupt end on June 18 when Ketan Agarwal reportedly died after being pushed off a cliff at Lohagad Fort, casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a grand wedding celebration.
The police are intensifying the control of digital evidence
The latest development comes as investigators continue to examine digital evidence, including cellphone data and conversations allegedly exchanged between Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary.
On Friday, after the end of police custody, both accused were remanded in custody for 14 days.
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During the court proceedings, the police sought to extend the detention on the grounds that the accused had allegedly used “code words” in their conversations and that further questioning was necessary. Investigators also informed the court that a second mobile phone belonging to Siya Goyal was recovered on Friday.
The public prosecutor said the data obtained from the phones of Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary had only recently become available and that the two needed to be interrogated together to decode the alleged coded conversations.
However, the court rejected the request to extend the police custody, following which both the accused were sent to judicial custody as the investigation continues.
