It wasn’t only the crippling aspiration to own an Apple iPhone that forced 19-year-old Kunal Chandgude to jump to his death from a cliff in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
A family dispute following the death of his elder brother and the fraught relationship between his parents might have also contributed to pushing the teen over the edge, sources said.
Police were then successful in persuading the teen to drop the idea of ending his life. This time, however, they failed.
The incident last week wasn’t Kunal’s first suicide bid. Police were then successful in persuading the teen to drop the idea of ending his life. This time, however, they failed. Police are investigating who Sangeeta was referring to and what the dispute was.
He and his father argued about this, after which the teen ran to the cliff at around 10 am.
Police said Kunal had purchased an iPhone but wasn’t able to pay its instalments.
He had attempted to die by suicide last year as well at the same spot.
Sangeeta Chandgude’s social media posts also hinted at tension within the family. “You took away my and my son’s rights over property. You never allowed brothers and parents to unite. You destroyed my happy family. You poisoned my family… You separated my son from his parents. This sin… your next seven generations will suffer.
This is my curse,” she said in a recent video.
