Pimpri woman jumps from 18th floor with six-year-old son, both dead

A woman jumped from the 18th floor of a building in Signature Park society at Dange Chowk in Pimpri on Friday (October 30), taking her six-year-old son with her. Both the mother and the son died. The incident came to light at around 6.30 pm.

The deceased have been identified as Ekta Manoj Bhangad (33) and her son Madhav (6). A pall of gloom has settled over the entire area.

According to preliminary information from the police, Ekta's husband Manoj Bhangad (35) works at an IT company in Yerawada. The family is originally from Rajasthan. Manoj had been living for the past two years on the seventh floor of the same building at Dange Chowk with his wife Ekta and son Madhav.

Manoj left for work in Yerawada at around 10 am on Friday, as he does every day. Ekta and Madhav were both at home at the time. Around 6.30 pm, a sound was heard in the building's duct. When residents reached the spot, they found the woman and the child lying below. They immediately informed the police.

The police reached the spot on receiving the information. A check of the building's CCTV footage showed the woman going up to the 18th floor with her son in the lift. The CCTV also shows that they left their slippers there. The two then fell, preliminary investigation has found.

The police have sent both bodies to YCM Hospital for further procedures. A forensic team has been called to the spot, and the panchnama and the rest of the investigation are under way. The relatives of the deceased woman have been informed.

The police also found a note at the spot. It says she was taking her own life, tired of a serious illness. The note also says her son would miss her a lot, so she was taking him along. The incident has cast a pall of grief over the Wakad and Dange Chowk areas.