Overview
- Local reports say the episode began after a dispute over an iPhone when the teen climbed to the edge of Khavda/Khawadya Dongar and threatened to jump.
- Rescuers and family negotiated with the youth for about three hours while firefighters tried to set up a safety net at the base of the cliff.
- The teen jumped and his father fell trying to save him; witnesses and video show the mother then jumped shortly after, and all three died from the fall.
- Authorities recovered the bodies, transported them for autopsies and forensic procedures, and the Waluj police have an open investigation into the sequence of events.
- The widely shared footage has provoked public shock and raised questions about rescue tactics and the hill’s history as a recurring site for suicide attempts.