New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader and MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday urged the government to order a transparent probe into the January 28 crash involving a Learjet 45 aircraft in Baramati, seeking an independent investigation team that includes Leader of Opposition and MP Supriya Sule.

Meanwhile, the ministry of civil aviation on Thursday said the preliminary report into the crash that killed Maharashtra's deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others will be released by February 28.

Calling the situation a "political or corporate conspiracy", Pawar said, "We demand a transparent and independent probe under the committee of retired officers, a former judge, Leader of Opposition (LoP) of Lok Sabha, LoP in Maha...