‘Hang her’ — Siya Goyal's mother says she should get ‘strictest punishment’ if found guilty in Pune murder case

Siya Goyal's mother said that her daughter, who allegedly killed her fiancé Ketan Agarwal, should be hanged if found guilty.

Sia, 20, and her lover Chetan Chaudhary allegedly pushed Ketan, 26, to his death off the Lohagad Fort on June 18.

“If she is guilty, then she should receive the strictest punishment,” Siya's mother told Newsdotz. “Hang her if she is guilty; a mother is saying this.”

Her father, Praveen Goyal, who is recovering from a heart attack, also shared the same sentiment. “Whoever is guilty in this case, even if it is my daughter, should be hanged,” he told the outlet.

Praveen is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Pune. According to an NDTV report, Siya's brother is staying at the hospital to care for both parents. Goyal's family residence, ‘Leela Kunj’ in Market Yard, Pune, is locked.

2,000 calls, secret meeting

Police told PTI that Siya and Chetan remained in constant touch for nearly six months, exchanging a staggering 2,004 calls and spending 238 hours on the phone, before allegedly pushing Ketan to his death off the Lohagad Fort.

They viewed Ketan as an obstacle in their relationship and decided to eliminate him, the police said.

“The duo (Siya and Chetan) exchanged 2,004 phone calls and spent around 238 hours speaking to each other during the last six months. Some of the calls between them lasted for more than 2 to 3 hours,” Pune (Rural) Superintendent of Police Sandip Singh Gill said.

On the day of the incident, Siya and Chetan allegedly met at a cafe and discussed the plan to eliminate Ketan, even identifying a suitable spot on the fort from where he could be pushed, he said.

“During the meeting, the two allegedly identified a suitable spot on the fort from where Agarwal could be pushed into the valley and worked out the details of the execution of the plan,” said Gill.

Siya sabotaged Bali pre-wedding photoshoot plan

Siya reportedly sabotaged their plan to visit Bali for a pre-wedding photoshoot by misplacing Ketan's passport while on the way to Mumbai airport on June 6, the police said.

“Our probe showed that after stealing the passport from the car at the food mall at Khalapur, Siya Goyal dumped it in the women's washroom,” senior police inspector Dinesh Tayde told PTI. “While we are probing the murder, a team will also be sent to the mall to see if the passport can be retrieved.”

Siya and Ketan got engaged in February and were scheduled to get married in a grand wedding ceremony at Udaipur in November, for which a palace had been booked.

Not the first murder attempt

During the initial inquiry, Ketan's sister, Sanjana, and other family members told the police that Siya had repeatedly persuaded Ketan to accompany her to Lohagad Fort on multiple occasions before the fatal incident.

“On May 31, Siya had taken Ketan to Lohagad Fort. She again insisted that he go to Lohagad Fort on June 4. However, Ketan's mother did not allow him to go there a second time,” the official said.

Siya once again insisted that Ketan go to Lohagad on June 14. On that day, she allegedly tried to push him off the cliff. However, he managed to hold on to a bush.

When Ketan questioned why she had pushed him, Siya raised a false alarm about a snake and tried to make it appear as though she had protected him.