Pune woman, 6-year-old son die after jumping from 18th floor; police: A practical reader guide

Pune woman, 6-year-old son die after jumping from 18th floor; police: A practical reader guide

A woman and her six-year-old son died after allegedly jumping from the 18th floor of a residential building in Pune district on Friday evening.

Police recover note from residence

Police have recovered a seven-to-eight-page note from their home and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. The woman’s husband works as an IT professional in Pune. The woman had reportedly been suffering from a spinal condition for several years.

The incident took place at around 6.30pm at a society in the Dange Chowk area, where the woman and her son were found in the building’s duct area, news agency PTI reported.

The family, originally from Rajasthan, had been living on the building’s seventh floor for the past two years, according to a police official. Senior inspector Vitthal Salunkhe of Wakad police station said an investigation was underway to establish the circumstances that led to the incident. Police recovered a seven-to-eight-page note from the family’s residence and are examining its contents, India Today reported.