Pawar, 66, was killed on Wednesday morning when a chartered Learjet aircraft crashed near the Baramati airstrip, about 100 km from Pune. Four others on board — two pilots, a flight attendant and Pawar’s personal security officer — also lost their lives in the accident
Amit Shah. Pic/PTI
The final rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash earlier this week, will be conducted with full state honours on Thursday in Baramati, Pune district, reported news agency PTI.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the funeral, which is scheduled to take place around 11 am at the Vidya Pratishthan sports ground, reported PTI.
Pawar died in Learjet crash near Baramati airstrip
Pawar, 66, was killed on Wednesday morning when a chartered Learjet aircraft crashed near the Baramati airstrip, about 100 km from Pune. Four others on board — two pilots, a flight attendant and Pawar’s personal security officer — also lost their lives in the accident.
Mortal remains shifted to Katewadi; procession begins at 9 am
Earlier on Thursday, Pawar’s mortal remains were shifted from the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Hospital in Baramati, where they were kept overnight, to his native Katewadi village near Baramati. The funeral procession is set to begin at 9 am.
Thackerays, CM Fadnavis, Dy CM Shinde visit bereaved family
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray visited the Pawar family at their residence on Thursday to offer condolences. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had also met the family at the hospital.
ADR registered; CID to probe based on AAIB findings
Police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) in connection with the crash. Officials said the aircraft went down barely 200 metres from the edge of the tabletop runway at Baramati.
As per standard procedure, the ADR will be transferred to the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which will conduct a probe based on the findings of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, which functions under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, has already taken over the technical investigation.
A CID official told PTI that in case of the death of an influential public representative or figure in an accident, the probe is carried out by the CID. "We have not yet received any orders. However, it is likely that CID will receive the orders and will likely conduct the probe into the ADR registered with local police," he explained.
(With inputs from PTI)
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