Tragic Love: Pune Man Jumps into Rajmachi Valley, Found Dead After Week-Long Search

Pune, 17th October 2024: The case of a 27-year-old man from Chakan, Pune, who jumped into the Rajmachi Valley and died by suicide in Lonavala due to a love affair has come to light. The body of Suryakant Ramdayal Prajapati was found in a 370-foot-deep ravine on Wednesday (16th October), seven days after he went missing.

Before his death, Suryakant recorded a two-second video and sent it to a mobile phone kept at home. With the help of the police, the Shivdurg team utilized this video and its location to search for his body.

According to police information, Suryakant Prajapati was in a relationship with a girl in Chakan. However, he suspected that his girlfriend was cheating on him with another man and left home on 9th October. When he did not return the following day, his family lodged a missing person complaint at the Chakan police station.

Through a technical investigation, the police identified that Suryakant’s last known location was Lonavala. Both the Chakan Police and Lonavala Police went to the area, but due to heavy rain in Lonavala at the time, a phased search was conducted.

Suryakant recorded a selfie video just before he died by suicide. In this video, the greenery and valley behind him were clearly visible. He had placed his second mobile phone at home and sent the video to it. This led the authorities to understand that the video’s location was Rajmachi Valley, prompting a renewed search operation on Wednesday morning.

Suryakant’s mobile phone was discovered a few feet away in the valley. As the rescue team descended further, the smell of a decomposing body indicated that they were close to finding him. His body was located approximately 370 feet down in the Rajmachi Valley after a week-long search.