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Ajit Pawar
Ajit Pawar was among the people onboard who were killed in the plane crash. Photo: Ajit Pawar/X

BREAKING: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar dies in plane crash

| @indiablooms | Jan 28, 2026, at 10:03 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and five others died in a plane crash that occurred in Baramati on Wednesday, media reports said.

No person onboard has survived, reports say although official confirmation is yet to be issued. 

The victims were travelling from Mumbai to Baramati this morning.

The plane crashed during the landing, DGCA has been quoted by several media.

 

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