CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The aunt of 18-year-old Kunal Chandgude, whose loss of life alongside along with his mother and father at Khavdya Dongar final Friday shook the nation, has launched an emotional video urging folks to cease spreading unverified claims in regards to the household.Pallavi Patil, sister of Kunal’s mom Sangeeta, stated movies claiming that Kunal compelled his mother and father to die by suicide as a result of he didn’t get an iPhone have been circulating broadly on social media.“Why are you spreading lies with none info?” Patil requested within the video, saying individuals who didn’t know the household or the circumstances surrounding the tragedy have been making movies just for views and likes.“Sangita was my elder sister, Kunal was my nephew and Murlidhar was my brother-in-law. Solely we all know what a mountain has fallen on our household after shedding these three,” she stated.Patil stated she got here throughout the movies whereas returning after accumulating the ashes of her sister, nephew and brother-in-law.“In the present day, whereas we have been going to gather their ashes, movies have been coming one after one other on our cellular. Seeing them, our hearts sank,” she stated.She stated the household was already struggling to come back to phrases with the deaths and that the social media posts had added to their misery.“You do not know us, you do not know the actual background or the reality of the incident. But you might be spreading false info simply to get views,” she stated, including that the claims have been inflicting immense ache to her aged mother and father.“We have been 4 sisters. In the present day, with the passing of our elder sister, we three sisters have been left shattered. The Chandgude household has fully ended and our lives have change into tough. We do not know the way to get well from this trauma,” Patil stated.She appealed to social media customers and digital creators to consider the household left behind earlier than posting movies in regards to the deceased.“Earlier than writing something or making a video about Kunal, my sister and brother-in-law, one ought to assume a bit,” she stated.She added,” My father witnessed the loss of life of his first little one. This can be a very tough and heartbreaking second for our household.”The video comes amid conflicting narratives surrounding the deaths of Kunal, his father Murlidhar and mom Sangeeta, who fell from the Khavdya Dongar cliff within the Waluj space on Friday.Police had initially examined claims that an unfulfilled demand for an iPhone might have prompted Kunal to succeed in the cliff. Nevertheless, preliminary investigation has indicated that the household was going through deeper and longstanding variations.DCP (Zone-I) Pankaj Atulkar informed TOI that the preliminary probe indicated the tragedy was the results of a household dispute and “some severe variations inside”.Police have additionally discovered that Kunal had gone to the identical cliff in 2025 after his demand for an iPhone was not fulfilled and had threatened to die by suicide. He was counselled by police and reunited along with his mother and father on the time.Constable Suresh Bhise, who was among the many policemen who reached the spot this time, stated: “Final yr he reached the cliff and threatened to commit suicide as his demand for an iPhone was not fulfilled. We counselled him… This yr there was one thing else.”Investigators are additionally verifying whether or not the iPhones utilized by Kunal and Sangeeta have been purchased on EMI and whether or not there have been any points over reimbursement.Police are analyzing different potential components behind the tragedy, together with strained household relationships. Investigators have additionally discovered movies posted by Sangeeta on social media that point out turmoil in her private life.The household had misplaced their elder son, Kapil, to an sickness a few decade in the past. Kunal, who was their solely surviving son, was making ready for NEET and had scored greater than 90% in his Class X board examinations, police stated.
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