'Put arranged marriage on trial. It’s the common link in women killing fiancés'

It took less than a fortnight for a person’s beastly death to turn into meme material. Ketan Agarwal, 25, fresh off an American degree and five months away from a wedding for which his family had leased a palace in Udaipur, was allegedly murdered by his fiancee Siya Goyal, 20, and her partner, Chetan Chaudhary. The couple apparently plotted the murder for months and finally pushed him off a cliff at Pune’s Lohagad Fort. A common thread runs through these cases. Each of these women was being asked to accede to an arranged marriage that they did not agree with. During her interrogation, Goyal apparently informed the investigators that she had told Agarwal she did not wish to marry him. According to reports, “When she expressed her unwillingness to marry Ketan, he told her that his family was ‘influential and wealthy’ and that she would ‘not be able to escape’ the marriage—even if she tried to run away, she claimed.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8