Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Namdev Yashwant Jadhav, 61, a resident of Wadki in the Hadapsar area of Pune.
- He fell from the third floor of the new Shivajinagar court building around 11:45 am and was declared dead at Sassoon General Hospital.
- Senior Inspector Mahesh Bolkotgi said a note was recovered and initial findings indicate suicide linked to domestic distress.
- Deputy commissioner Hrushikesh Rawale said the note details a 27-year legal fight over ancestral land and frustration with delayed justice, and no hearing was scheduled for him that day.
- Investigators are verifying the purpose of his court visit, obtaining case records, and recording witness and family statements, while reporters note a separate suicide at the same premises in February.