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Maharashtra family of three dies in hilltop fall
The Telegraph\··21 Aug
Three members of one household in Zalta Phata died on 21 August 2026 after a hilltop standoff in Tisgaon, under Waluj MIDC in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Neighbours, police and fire crews gathered as 19-year-old Kunal Chandgude stayed near the edge. Firefighters tried to spread a net below, but he kept moving along the ridge through the morning.
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What It Means For You
- If you live in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the site named is Tisgaon under Waluj MIDC, not a distant district.
- Anyone arguing at home over a phone can note police dated the climb to about 10 am and the falls to about 1 pm, a three-hour window.
- If you call for help in a similar standoff, fire crews were present and tried a net, but the person on the ridge kept changing position.
What's Happening
- Police identified the dead as Murlidhar Chandgude, his wife Sangita and their son Kunal, residents of Zalta Phata.
- Officials said villagers as well as police and the fire brigade were at the spot before the falls.
- The account of who jumped and who fell while grabbing is the police version given the same afternoon.
How A Home Argument Reached Open High Ground
- Waluj MIDC is an industrial police limit on the city's edge. Tisgaon sits next to open hill ground rather than a closed building.
- Kunal was 19, an adult in law, which shapes how police later classify the deaths.
- No separate criminal case against a fourth person was described in the first police briefings.
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