Kunal Chandgude was 18 years old and had an outstanding debt for the iPhone he had bought.
The argument with his parents escalated until the young man walked to Khavda Hill, near Tisgaon, in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of India, and threatened to jump. Firefighters and police arrived at the scene and spent nearly three hours trying to convince him to come down, while setting up a safety net in case the persuasion attempt failed.
Murlidhar Chandgude, 48, a driver and the household’s sole breadwinner, went up to restrain his son. During the struggle, both lost their balance and fell. Sangita, the mother, witnessed the fall from above and died shortly afterward. A debt that probably amounted to no more than a few hundred dollars ended up wiping out an entire family within minutes.
