Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday supported suspicions within the Pawar family over the January 28 plane crash that killed former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, calling the burned condition of the aircraft's black box "mysterious" and "very serious".

At a press conference, Raut said, "Ajit Pawar's flight's black box has burned," underlining the Pawar family's doubts and raising questions about the government's handling of the investigation.

"Rohit Pawar is a member of that family, he understands technical matters... the mysterious facts emerging about Ajit Pawar's accident are very serious. The black box has burned... The black box has been found even after 20 years, but Ajit Pawar's flight's bl...