Rahul Gandhi demands fair & transparent investigation into Ajit Pawar's plane crash

Ajit Pawar's nephew Rohit Pawar handed Gandhi a letter expressing serious concerns about the investigation into the accident.

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded a fair, transparent and impartial investigation into the Baramati air crash that claimed the life of Maharashtra's former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.

Gandhi met with Rohit Pawar, an MLA in Maharashtra and the grandson of NCP-SP leader Sharad Pawar, who is also Ajit Pawar's nephew. During their meeting, Rohit Pawar handed Gandhi a letter expressing serious concerns about the investigation into the accident.

"Shri Rohit Pawar met me today and submitted a letter raising serious concerns about the investigation into the Baramati aircraft crash that claimed the life of Shri Ajit Pawar ji and others," Gandhi said in a post on X.

"Basic principles of law appear not to have been followed, and no FIR has been registered despite the seriousness of the matter. This incident warrants a fair, transparent, and impartial investigation," the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha demanded.

Ajit Pawar and four other individuals aboard the chartered aircraft lost their lives when the plane crashed just 200 meters from the edge of a tabletop runway at Baramati airport in Pune district on January 28.