India, Aug. 22 -- The death of a family in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar following a row over a mobile phone has left the city in shock. A 19-year-old's demand for a mobile phone ended in the deaths of the boy and both his parents as all three fell off the Khawadya Hill in the Tisgaon area on Friday afternoon.

The teenager went to the hill around 10 am after an argument with his parents, who followed him. As they tried to persuade him to back down, many others, including the police, fire brigade personnel, villagers and the sarpanch reached the spot.

The village sarpanch urged the boy to step back and tried to lure him with various promises, NDTV reported. In an attempt to save the boy, which went on for three hours, the Sarpa...