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Teen had tried same Maharashtra hill a year earlier
Times of India··23 Aug
On 23 August 2026, police said 18-year-old Kunal Chandwade, who died with his parents at Khavda Hill in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Friday, had attempted suicide from the same spot in 2025. Officers from MIDC Waluj and Chikalthana had then counselled him and brought him down safely. The Friday quarrel was over an iPhone EMI payment.
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What It Means For You
- If you live near Khavda or Tisgaon, Friday's deaths followed a three-hour standoff that began about 10 am after a 112 call around 11 am.
- Anyone who called emergency services should know police, fire staff and villagers were already on the hill before the fall after 1 pm.
- If a young person in your home has been brought down from a height once, this case shows police are now asking what follow-up existed after the 2025 rescue.
What's Happening
- Kunal, Murlidhar and Sangeeta died within moments of each other on 21 August 2026 at the same cliff used in the 2025 attempt.
- Waluj MIDC inspector Rameshwar Gade said the father approached after 1 pm and both fell when the teenager jumped and was grabbed.
- Former Tisgaon sarpanch Sanjay Jadhav said people tried to talk to the teenager for almost three hours.
How An Earlier Hill Rescue Failed To Hold
- The 2025 attempt ended without injury after MIDC Waluj and Chikalthana police brought the teenager down from the same hill.
- Villagers told officers the earlier episode was also tied to a demand for a phone, and that the parents had later bought one.
- Investigators said they are not treating the EMI quarrel as the only fact in the file.
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