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Not iPhone. Cops have different theory about teen, parents falling to their deaths in Maharashtra

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A father grabbed his teen to pull them from a cliff edge at 12:30 PM — and police now believe the fall, not a phone dispute, caused both deaths.

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Not iPhone. Cops have different theory about teen, parents falling to their deaths in Maharashtra

Theory Briefing

  • Police say the father lost balance while pulling the teen away from the cliff edge at Khavda Hills, rejecting an iPhone dispute as the cause.
  • The initial theory — that a fight over a phone triggered the fall — has been replaced by an accidental-loss-of-balance account.
  • The shift in explanation shows how early narratives around shocking deaths can harden before investigators have full facts.
  • Two family members died in the same moment, making witness accounts and physical evidence critical to settling the competing theories.