Following allegations of financial irregularities and a link to a self-styled godman, NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar raised new doubts surrounding the plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar.
Key Points
- NCP-SP MLA Rohit Pawar is questioning the circumstances surrounding the plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar after activist Anjali Damania alleged a link between a godman and financial irregularities.
- Damania claims unusual financial transactions occurred around the time of the crash, involving self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and the Samata Credit Cooperative Society.
- Rohit Pawar highlights reports of black magic rituals and Kharat's use of VSR company aircraft, suggesting a potential connection to the fatal crash.
- Pawar is urging the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate Kharat and his associates in connection with the plane crash.
- The investigation aims to uncover the truth behind the sequence of events leading up to the accident and determine if there was any foul play involved.
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar MLA Rohit Pawar on Monday raised fresh doubts about the January 28 plane crash that killed Ajit Pawar after activist Anjali Damania alleged a link between arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat and financial transactions at a cooperative credit society.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai earlier in the day, Damania claimed SMS alerts linked to transactions in Samata Credit Cooperative Society showed an unusual spike around the time of an alleged accident involving Ajit Pawar, a reference to the then deputy CM's death in a plane crash on January 28.
She alleged 17 messages were received on January 27, followed by 19 the next day (when the crash took place), and several more in the following days, which she claimed was not the usual pattern.
According to Damania, the messages indicated deposits or withdrawals in Kharat's account.
In a post on X, Rohit Pawar said, 'Serious questions are being raised after it came to light that substantial financial transactions were carried out by Ashok Kharat during the same period. Earlier, there were also reports of alleged black magic rituals outside Ajit Dada's residence.'
Call for Comprehensive Investigation
The Karjat-Jamkhed MLA also pointed to reports of Kharat's frequent travel using VSR company's aircraft and his network of followers, asking whether there could be a connection between these developments and the fatal crash.
VSR owned and operated the LearJet 45 aircraft that crashed in Baramati on January 28.
'Is there any link between these sequence of events and the accident that killed Ajit Dada and others? The truth must come out,' Pawar said while calling for a comprehensive probe.
Pawar urged the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the suspected conspiracy behind the crash, to also investigate Kharat and individuals associated with him.
