Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Monday visited Taradgaon village in Satara district to console the family of late Vidip Jadhav, who had served as a PSO to the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.During her visit, Sunetra Pawar met Jadhav’s family members, expressed her deep condolences, and assured them of all possible support from the state government in this difficult time. She paid tribute to Vidip Jadhav’s dedicated service and commitment. A police head constable and personal security officer (PSO) to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Vidip Jadhav, died in the Learjet 45 crash at Baramati, Pune. The crash claimed the lives of Pawar, his security officer Vidip Jadhav, pilot-in-command Captain Sumit Kapoor, first officer Captain Shambhavi Pathak, and flight attendant Pinky Mali.
Jadhav was attached to the Special Protection Branch of the Mumbai Police and had served as Ajit Pawar’s PSO for several years. He was selected as a police constable in 2009, completed his training, and joined the Mumbai police force in 2010. A native of Satara district in western Maharashtra, Jadhav had been living in Vitawa, Kalwa, with his parents, wife Sandhya, and two children—a 13-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son—for the past 26 years. Jadhav’s last rites were performed with state honours in his native village in Satara district on Thursday.Jadhav’s family first learned of the crash when his mother switched on the television. “It was around 9 am when we heard loud cries from next door. Only his mother and son were at home then, as his wife Sandhya had gone to her maternal home in Panvel,” said Chandrakant Sane, a neighbour of Vidip Jadhav. “He was always smiling, always greeting everyone,” Sane further said.
“When we went there, we saw the news of the plane crash on television and realised Vidip was also among the victims. Soon after, local police officers arrived and took his mother and son to Baramati,” he added. Sane said Jadhav’s mother was in disbelief. “She was unable to accept that her only son was no more and kept frantically switching television channels, hoping for some news that he was alive,” he said