MUMBAI: After claiming that there was a possibility of sabotage behind Ajit Pawar‘s air crash, his nephew and NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday alleged that “a political person with aviation experience” was involved in blocking a report on the 2023 crash of an airplane belonging to the same company, VSR Ventures. CM Devendra Fadnavis said a probe into the accident was already on, and aspersions should not be cast on it.“If the report on the 2023 air crash had come out, maybe Ajit Pawar’s air crash would have been prevented,” Rohit Pawar said.The Vikas Kharge-led committee probing alleged irregularities in a Mundhwa land purchase deed linked to Parth Pawar, son of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, is expected to submit its report by Friday after being granted a one-week extension. “The panel is expected to submit the detailed report by Friday. The further course of action will be decided after. The panel sought an extension last week, which ends this Friday,” state revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.Bawankule said the five-member committee, headed by additional chief secretary (revenue) Kharge, sought seven additional days; in view of the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections scheduled for Saturday, the extension was granted. The request was accepted, and the revised deadline expires on Friday. A senior revenue department official said the inquiry report is in its final stages. Activist Vijay Kumbhar told TOI that he did not expect much. “Parth Pawar was given a clean chit in the EOW case. Here too, the committee is unlikely to name him,” he said.
