New Delhi, March 12 Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday demanded a fair, transparent, and impartial investigation into the Baramati air crash, which claimed the life of Maharashtra's former deputy chief minister, Ajit Pawar.
Gandhi met with Rohit Pawar, a Member of the Legislative Assembly (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, which resulted in the death of Shri Ajit Pawar and others," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"It appears that the basic principles of law have not been followed, and no First Information Report (FIR) has been registered despite the seriousness of the matter. This incident warrants a fair, transparent, and impartial investigation," the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha demanded.
Ajit Pawar and four other individuals on board the chartered aircraft lost their lives when the plane crashed just 200 meters from the edge of a tabletop runway at the Baramati airport in Pune district on January 28.
