India, Jan. 28 -- In a tragic incident, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred when the plane was attempting to land. According to DGCA, five people, including the crew, on board the chartered plane flying from Mumbai, Maharashtra, to Baramati died after a crash-landing at 8.45 am this morning.

The crash landing of the Mumbai-Baramati charter plane occurred at the runway threshold in Baramati. Pawar was onboard along with 2 more personnel (1 PSO and 1 attendent) and 2 crew members. Further details about the crash are awaited. Pawar was headed to Baramati to attend a public rally for the Zilla Parishad Elections.

Pawar was in Mumbai on Tuesday, where he a...