India, June 27 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured Vishal Agarwal that the alleged murder of his son Ketan, 25, would be tried in a fast-track court. Fadnavis, who met Agarwal in Pune on Friday, also accepted the family's request to appoint senior advocate Ujjwal Nikam as special public prosecutor for the case.

Ketan was a director in his family firm, Success Group, one of the largest developers of warehouses in Maharashtra. He was allegedly pushed to his death from Pune's Lohagad Fort by his fiancee, Siya Goyal, 20, who was in a relationship with Chetan Choudhary, 22, and didn't want to marry Ketan.

Fadnavis told the media later that the alleged murder reflected a "disturbing social trend". "It is extremely shocking and inc...