Mumbai Police Constable Vidip Dilip Jadhav, a resident of Kalwa near Thane, died on Wednesday morning in the air crash that also claimed the life of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, with whom he was deployed as part of the security detail. Jadhav had been working with Pawar for the past four years, and served with the Mumbai Police since 2009. He is survived by his wife Sandya, daughter, a son, and his parents.

Jadhav lived in Surya Nagar, a quiet locality near Vitawa in Kalwa, where neighbours remember the family with affection. “The entire family shifted here nearly 20 years ago. They are a happy, close-knit family… very cordial people,” said Chanda Ringe, who is close to the family. “All of us in this neighbourhood are very close, like an extended family. Vidip was rarely home because of work, but Sandya and I spent a lot of time together.”