Ketan Agarwal murder case: Chetan Chaudhary taken to Lohagarh Fort for crime scene reconstruction | Today’s news
Chetan Chaudhary, one of the two main accused in the Ketan Agarwal murder case, was taken to Lohagarh Fort on Wednesday for police to reconstruct the crime scene and conduct gait analysis, an ANI report said.
The exercise will seek to verify sightings using forensic gait matching, which is the study of the movements of human beings when walking or running and is often used by police to verify suspects who are caught on CCTV or video.
Apart from analyzing Chetan’s gate, the authorities will also conduct a new crime scene reconstruction involving him in the fort. Earlier, the reconstruction was done with only another accused, Siya Goyal.
Earlier on Tuesday, the police conducted further investigations at the fort, due to which the site was completely closed to visitors. The place was also closed on the day when the crime scene reconstruction was going on with Siya Goyal.
Chetan’s lawyer disputes the custody report
Defense counsel for Radhikesh Uttarwar, lawyer Chetan Chaudhry, said on Wednesday that the police custody report was silent on why physical questioning of his client was necessary.
He made the remark after the Vadgaon Maval court remanded Chetan and Siya in police custody for four days instead of seven as requested.
“When both Chetan and Siya were brought before the court, it was after an initial seven-day police remand. Now, having secured that seven-day remand, it is the responsibility of the investigating officer to convince the court of the progress made in the investigation and to provide valid reasons if further police custody is required. Our argument in favor of Chetan focused specifically on what investigation remains to be done on him.”
Uttarwar also said that the remand report did not say anything about the need for gait analysis and also did not give reasons for the additional seven days of police custody. The report only mentioned the recovery of a piece of clothing and the need to perform a gait analysis.
“The remand report did not address this at all, except for two points: the return of a piece of clothing and the need to do a gait analysis. For the clothing, we argued that the reasons given were not sufficient to justify another seven days of remand, especially when seven days had already been allowed,” he said.
“Furthermore, detailed analysis of mobile phone records or other documents does not require physical custody; this can be done through MCR (Magistrate Court Custody) procedures. As for gait analysis, we argued that seven days of police custody for this purpose was completely unjustified. While the police sought seven days, the court granted four and granted custody until July,” he added.
