Couple jumps into Kukdi canal in front of 6-year-old son after family dispute
2 min readPuneApr 1, 2026 09:50 PM IST A 28-year-old man and his 25-year-old wife jumped into a canal and drowned in front of the woman’s six-year-old son in Junnar taluka of Pune in a suspected case of suicide. A police probe revealed that the couple were having a dispute after the bodies of the two were recovered downstream more than 40 hours after the incident. The incident took place at Umbraj village in Junnar taluka located around 100 kilometers from Pune City. The police have identified the deceased as Akshay Yashwant Shinhote (28) and Prajakta Akshay Shingote (25). Police said that the couple jumped into the water around 6 pm on March 30 in the Left Kukdi canal of Yedgaon Dam. Their bodies were discovered at Lendestal village, around eight kilometers downstream on Wednesday morning. Officials from Alephata police station under Pune Rural police said that the couple were employed as contract workers with a private company in the area. “Probe has revealed that this was the deceased woman’s second marriage. She is survived …