| 1. Vidip Jadhav joined the Mumbai Police in 2009 and started his career in the Protection Department. |
| 2. He was assigned to serve as the personal security officer for Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar from 2021 to 2026. |
| 3. Prior to his work with Ajit Pawar, he was posted in Naigaon, Dadar, under the Mumbai Police’s Protection Department. |
| 4. He gained significant media attention when he died in a charter plane crash in Baramati, which also claimed the lives of all five people on board, including Ajit Pawar. |
| 5. He was a police head constable attached to the Special Protection Branch of the Mumbai Police. |
| 6. He 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. |
| 7. He was described as smiling and friendly by those who knew him. |
| 8. He was selected as a police constable in 2009, completed his training, and joined the Mumbai police force in 2010. |
| 9. His last rites were performed with state honours in his native village in Satara district. |
| 10. Vidip Jadhav was selected as a police constable in 2009, completed his training, and joined the Mumbai police force in 2010. |
| 11. He served as the personal security officer for Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for several years. |
| 12. He died in a Learjet 45 aircraft crash at Baramati, Pune, on 28 January 2026, along with Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor, first officer Captain Shambhavi Pathak, and flight attendant Pinky Mali. |
