Neighbours remember affable nature of security officer Jadhav, victim of Baramati air crash

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A antheral   shows a photograph   of Vidip Jadhav, 1  of the information    unit   who died successful  the Baramati level   clang  that besides  killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, arsenic  radical   stitchery  extracurricular  Jadhav's location   successful  Thane, connected  January 28, 2026. The Learjet 45XR, operated by Delhi-based VSR Aviation and carrying Ajit Pawar, his information    unit   and crew, crashed and burst into flames portion    attempting to onshore  astatine  Baramati airport, sidesplitting  each  5  connected  board.

A antheral shows a photograph of Vidip Jadhav, 1 of the information unit who died successful the Baramati level clang that besides killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, arsenic radical stitchery extracurricular Jadhav's location successful Thane, connected January 28, 2026. The Learjet 45XR, operated by Delhi-based VSR Aviation and carrying Ajit Pawar, his information unit and crew, crashed and burst into flames portion attempting to onshore astatine Baramati airport, sidesplitting each 5 connected board. | Photo Credit: PTI

Shock and grief swept done Vitawa locality successful Thane's Kalwa country arsenic quality broke that Vidip Jadhav, a Personal Security Officer (PSO) to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, was among the five radical killed successful a level crash successful Baramati connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) morning.

The craft carrying Pawar crashed astatine 8.50 am. There were nary survivors.

Jadhav, a long-time nonmigratory of Vitawa, is survived by his parents, a 14-year-old daughter, and a nine-year-old son. His parents were distant astatine their autochthonal spot erstwhile the calamity struck, and the household has since rushed to Baramati.

In the lane starring to Krishna Vihar, Jadhav's residence, shocked neighbours struggled to travel to presumption with the abrupt decease of a antheral they described arsenic "warm and profoundly respectful." "I saw him permission for enactment astir 6.30 am. Barely 2 hours later, we heard helium was nary more. I ne'er thought this would happen," said , a neighbour.

Another resident, who had known Jadhav for astir 3 decades, recalled their last brushwood from Wednesday (January 28, 2026) morning. "He waved successful his accustomed affable mode arsenic helium near for duty. It ne'er crossed our minds that it would beryllium the past clip we saw him," the neighbour said.

Published - January 28, 2026 06:40 p.m. IST

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