Ajit Pawar dies after plane skids off runway, explodes during landing | Latest updates

Nationalist Congress leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar died after his plane crashed before landing in Baramati on January 28, a close aide of the leader confirmed to HT. Six people were on board the plane, including Pawar and his security staff. The deputy CM had left from Mumbai early morning to visit Baramati, his hometown, to address four public meetings ahead of the Zilla Parishad polls. Kiran Gurjar, a close aide of Ajit Pawar in Baramati, said, “All six people including Ajit Pawar brought dead.”