‘I have to die’: Entire family of 3 wiped out over 19-year-old's iPhone demand as parents fail to move rigid teen
A 19-year-old jumped to death from Maharashtra's Khawadya Hill over iPhone demand as desperate pleas fail to move rigid teen. Entire family of 3 was wiped out in the fall from cliff.
In a tragic incident near Khawadya Hill in Tisgaon, Maharashtra, a 19-year-old hanged himself over an iPhone, causing his parents to also take their own lives while attempting to save him. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon when the teenager visited the hill after a dispute with his parents around 10:00 am on August 21. His persistent refusal to surrender to his parents' pleas led to a standoff that lasted for three hours involving villagers, the police, fire brigade personnel, and even the village sarpanch.
Despite emotional appeals from the sarpanch, the boy remained defiant, declaring, "No, I have to die. That remains the only way" before jumping off the cliff. Despite the presence of rescue personnel, including those with a safety net, the teen eluded capture as he moved around the edge of the cliff. In the aftermath, the mother, witnessing her husband and son's deaths, also jumped to her own demise.
The former sarpanch of Tisgaon village, Sanjay Jadhav, lamented that despite three hours of attempts to persuade the teenager, he remained unyielding.
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