A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister crashed in an open field in western India on Wednesday, killing the official and four other people on board, aviation authorities said. There were no survivors.
The aircraft was en route from India’s financial capital of Mumbai to Ajit Pawar’s home city Baramati when it crash-landed and burst into flames some 159 miles from Mumbai.
The reason for the crash was not immediately known. Television footage showed smoke rising from the wreckage.
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People gather around the site of a private plane crash carrying Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Jan. 28, 2026. via REUTERS Ajit Pawar stands next to Indian Prime Minister Nerandra Modi during the swearing-in ceremony of the Maharashtra government on Dec. 5, 2024. AP
Pawar, 66,
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