Claim
According to the police, Siya and her lover Chetan Chaudhary are trying to conceal key clues connected to the Ketan murder case.
“पुलिस के मुताबिक सिया और उसका प्रेमी चेतन चौधरी केतन मडक केस से जुड़े अहम सुरागों पर पर्दा डालने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The Ketan Agarwal murder case is real: Pune police arrested Siya Goyal (the victim's fiancée) and her lover Chetan Chaudhary on June 23, 2026 for allegedly pushing Agarwal off Lohagad Fort. Police statements reported by multiple mainstream outlets around the broadcast date describe active concealment by the accused — Siya initially portraying the death as an accidental fall, Chaudhary planting his phone at his shop to fabricate an alibi, and both giving conflicting accounts of who pushed the victim, prompting police to seek a lie-detector test on July 2. The anchor's statement that, according to police, the two are trying to cover up key clues in the case fairly reflects the police position as reported at the time.
Evidence
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/maharashtra/siya-or-chetan-pune-police-seek-lie-detector-test-to-confirm-who-pushed-ketan-agarwal-latest-updates-2026-07-02-1046884 India TV (July 2, 2026): Pune police say Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary conspired to push Ketan Agarwal off Lohagad Fort; Siya initially passed the death off as an accidental slip, both give conflicting statements about who pushed him, and police sought a polygraph test the same day as the broadcast because the accused are withholding the truth. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/how-2-clues-helped-pune-police-solve-ketan-agarwal-murder-case-arrest-siya-goyal-chetan-chaudhary Free Press Journal: police describe deliberate concealment efforts — Chaudhary left his own phone at his shop and carried a worker's phone to Lohagad to fake an alibi; CCTV and 2,000+ call records between the pair exposed the plot. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.aajtak.in/india/maharashtra/story/ketan-agarwal-murder-case-crime-recreation-lohgarh-fort-siya-goyal-chetan-chaudhary-lclar-strc-2591963-2026-07-01 Aaj Tak (July 1, 2026): police conducted crime-scene recreation at Lohagad Fort with both accused in custody, part of efforts to establish facts the accused have not disclosed. ✓ reachable · archived