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After Maharashtra Hill Tragedy, Delhi Dance Teacher Jumps Into Yamuna Amid Stress over iPhone EMI, Money Issues

Police rescued Deepak Kumar after he jumped into the Yamuna, and he told officers declining income made his iPhone installments hard to pay.

  • On Aug 21, 30-year-old dance teacher Deepak Kumar jumped into the Yamuna river near Bhola Ghat in New Delhi after struggling to pay EMIs on a phone, police said.
  • Kumar, a resident of Sanjay Colony in Okhla, faced financial pressure after his income declined over recent months, making monthly installments unaffordable, police said.
  • Police personnel on patrol spotted Kumar in the water and alerted the flood department, which deployed a rescue boat near Kalindi Kunj to bring him to safety.
  • After rescue, authorities counselled Kumar at the police station and called his wife and brother-in-law before sending him home with his family.
  • The dance teacher lives with his wife and two children in Delhi and supplements his income by taking up gardening work alongside his teaching.
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Amar Ujala broke the news in India on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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