A chartered aircraft flying from Mumbai to Baramati crash-landed at around 8.45 am on Wednesday, killing all five people on board. The deceased included Ajit Pawar, his personal security officer, a flight attendant and two crew members, including pilot Vidip Jadhav.
"It is a tragic incident. He was a senior Maharashtra leader and a member of the Pawar family, as we all know. This plane crash is subject to investigation to determine how such an incident happened and whether there was any flaw..." Chowdhury told reporters on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in Jaunpur on Wednesday, Pinki Mali's grandmother said the family received the devastating news around 9.30 am. She said the shock was overwhelming for the family, especially Pinki's parents, who broke down upon learning that their daughter was no more.
In a tragic accident that sent shock in Maharashtra and also in political circles across the country, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash while on his way to Baramati, where he was scheduled to attend functions.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday condoled the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in the Baramati Plane Crash along with four others. He said that his death has been an irreparable loss to the country.
Speaking to ANI, Dhanda said, "Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash, and several other people were also on board. Many questions are being raised about this accident. Several journalists are questioning why he was travelling in a plane that had crashed two or three years
Meera Pathak, grandmother of Pilot Shambhavi Pathak, who was the pilot of the ill-fated charter plane on Wednesday, stated that the incident shocked and terrified her. She was informed about the fatal crash by her younger son.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday strongly criticised those trying to give "a conspiratorial angle" to Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar's death in a plane accident.
"How that aeroplane got there or landed, I don't know. Because the airstrip, where planes land and take off, is very large, not small. Despite all that, how did this happen? Was there a mistake in the plane, or did the pilot make a mistake? I can't say," Bhujbal told ANI.
"The incident happened today and is very unfortunate. Shambhavi came to me for Commercial Licensed Pilot training and completed her instructor rating. With me, she had flown 40-50 hours. Shambhavi joined my training centre before COVID, maybe in 2018-19," Mahajan told ANI.
"I am deeply saddened that we have reached such a point where such dirty and despicable politics are being played out even over someone's death," Fadnavis told ANI.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that to suggest conspiracy behind Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar's death in Baramati palnce accident is "extremely unfortunate."