The Mumbai–Baramati charter plane crash-landed at around 8.45 am in Baramati. Ajit Pawar was among those on board the aircraft at the time of the incident
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's plane in flames after it crashed during landing, at Baramati in Pune district, Maharashtra. Pic/PTI
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune district on Wednesday morning, officials said told PTI.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, 3 others on board dead after aircraft crashes in Pune district: Official
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 28, 2026
The incident occurred when the plane carrying NCP leader Pawar (66) and others was landing in Pune's Baramati area, they said.
The Mumbai–Baramati charter plane crash-landed at around 8.45 am in Baramati, ANI reported.
VIDEO | An aircraft with Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on board crashes in Pune district: Official.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 28, 2026
(Source: Third Party) pic.twitter.com/1sjBDpYRGA
No survivors, says DGCA
In a statement, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the aircraft was carrying Pawar along with two staff members—one personal security officer (PSO) and one attendant—and two crew members, including the pilot-in-command (PIC) and first officer (FO). As per initial information shared by the aviation regulator, no person on board survived the crash.
#UPDATE | Crash landing in Baramati | Ajit Pawar, Deputy CM of Maharashtra, was onboard along with 2 more personnel (1 PSO and 1 attendant) and 2 crew (PIC+FO) members. As per initial information, no person on board has survived the crash: DGCA (Directorate General of Civil… pic.twitter.com/M8yEunTpyB
— ANI (@ANI) January 28, 2026
Emergency response teams were rushed to the site, and further details regarding the cause of the accident are awaited.
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Ajit Pawar's family rushes to Baramati
Deputy CM Pawar’s family rushed to the accident site. Incidentally, his wife and party MP Sunetra, and son, Parth, were set to leave for Baramati from Delhi, along with the leader's cousin, and NCP-SP working president Supriya Sule.
Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend public rally
Ajit Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections.
Pawar was in Mumbai on Tuesday where he attended a meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis. Maharashtra Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and concerned officials were present.
Ajit Pawar was the longest serving Deputy Chief Minister
Ajit Pawar was the longest serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra non-consecutively. He served in the position for six terms within various governments. He had worked as deputy chief minister in the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde.
In 1982, Ajit Pawar began his political career after being elected to the board of a cooperative sugar factory. In 1991, he was elected as the chairman of the Pune District Central Cooperative Bank.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1991 from the Baramati Parliamentary constituency and later vacated the seat for his uncle Sharad Pawar. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly seven times from the Baramati Assembly constituency. He first won in a 1991 by-election and subsequently in 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009, and 2014.
In November 2019, he engineered a split in the NCP and joined a government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and became the Deputy Chief Minister. In February 2024, the Election Commission awarded the party name and symbol to the faction headed by Ajit Pawar.
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