Pune court remands suspects, Snapchat wedding note surfaces

A Pune court has sent two individuals to judicial custody as police investigate a Snapchat conversation that allegedly references a "wedding that is never going to happen" in connection with the murder of a local businessman. The accused, 20-year-old Siya Goyal and 22-year-old Chetan Chaudhary, are alleged to have pushed Goyal's fiancé, 25-year-old realtor Ketan Agarwal, from a cliff at Lohagad Fort in Lonavala on June 18.

Investigators are examining a purported Snapchat exchange from May 25 in which Goyal allegedly asked a friend for a copy of her Aadhaar card to book flight tickets. In the message, she reportedly stated the tickets were for a wedding that would never take place. Police are working to authenticate this digital evidence and determine if the request was part of a strategy to create a false narrative and divert suspicion following Agarwal's death. The authenticity and evidentiary value of the alleged conversation remain under forensic examination.

Agarwal and Goyal had become engaged earlier this year and were scheduled to marry in November in Udaipur, Rajasthan, with arrangements including special flights for guests. According to the first information report...