In the aftermath of the Jabalpur Boat Accident, hearts went numb when the picture of a 4-year-old child and his mother, clutching onto each other, went viral. The heartbreaking incident, which took place on April 30, 2026, has now taken an even more emotional turn after the 4-year-old child’s father revealed that the little boy had shown an unusual fear before boarding the boat.Recalling the moments before the incident in an interview with Zee Switch, the father of 4-year-old Trishan, Pradeep Kumar says his son had a premonition. The grieving father says, “Mere bete ko to kuch dikh gaya tha” (My son had sensed something).
“My son showed an unusual fear of water”
As Pradeep Kumar added more details to the heartbreaking recount, he revealed that his son had shown an unusual fear of water even before boarding the boat. Recalling the child’s words, he said, “Papa paani mein nahi jana chahiye… We drown in water” (Papa, we should not go into the water, people drown in water).
The boy asked a question which still lingers in his father’s mind
The father recalled another moment from inside the cruise that now haunts him deeply. When he was holding his son in his arms, the child said something strange, as if he saw something even before there were any signs of a storm or chaos. He asked, “Papa, are we drowning?” At the time, Pradeep Kumar did not think much of it and scolded the child. “After my beating, he shared so much… I felt like he looked so much,” he said emotionally. Sia, Pradeep Kumar’s eldest daughter and Trishaan’s sister also remembered the little boy’s words. She said when the family was departing for the tour, then even the little boy said, “Papa paani mein ni jaana chahiye.”
The bags they took for the trip remain unpacked
Now that the surviving members of the family have returned to their home in Delhi, the memories of the tragedy continue to linger painfully in every corner of their lives.Jab jab unka saaman dekhenge tab tab unki yaadein aaengi…” the grieving father, and husband said while speaking to BBC Hindi, his voice trembling with pain. Pointing towards the bags that still lay untouched in the house, he shared how everything remained exactly the way his wife had packed it for the trip. “Ye bag pack karke le gaye the… meri wife ne khud packing ki thi,” he recalled emotionally. Since returning. from the airport after the tragedy, the family has not found the courage to even unzip the luggage. “Since then bags have been kept in different ways… I don’t have the courage to open my son’s and my wife’s belongings,” he said, expressing how every belonging now feels like a painful reminder of the life they lost.
