The death of a family in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar following a row over a mobile phone has left the city in shock. A 19-year-old’s demand for a mobile phone ended in the deaths of the boy and both his parents as all three fell off the Khawadya Hill in the Tisgaon area on Friday afternoon.
As they tried to persuade him to back down, many others, including the police, fire brigade personnel, villagers and the sarpanch reached the spot. The teenager suddenly jumped, and his father also fell while trying to grab and save him,” Rameshwar Gade, inspector at Waluj MIDC police station. Seeing her husband and son fall, the mother too jumped from the hilltop.
The teenager went to the hill around 10 am after an argument with his parents, who followed him. As reported by Hindustan Times in an earlier report, rescue personnel tried to place a safety net at the foothill, but the 19-year-old repeatedly changed his position near the edge, making it difficult for them to anticipate where he might jump. “After 1 pm, his father slowly approached him and pleaded with him to step away from the edge.
Police said the bodies were recovered and were sent for further formalities.
