Police officials perform state honours during the funeral of Ajit Pawar at the Vidya Prathisthan Ground in Baramati, Pune, on Thursday, January 29, 2025.
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EMMANUAL YOGINI
The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash, were held with full state honours on Thursday at Baramati in Pune district.
Several senior leaders attended the funeral held at the Vidya Pratishthan ground, including Union Ministers Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari, former Union Minister Sharad Pawar, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and other political leaders and elected representatives.
Earlier in the day, Pawar’s mortal remains were taken from Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Hospital in Baramati, where they had been kept overnight, to his native village Katewadi.
Pawar and four others were killed when the aircraft crashed about 200 metres from the edge of a tabletop airstrip at Baramati on Wednesday morning. Those who lost their lives included pilot Captain Sumit Kapoor, co-pilot Captain Shambhavi Pathak, personal security officer Vidip Jadhav, and flight attendant Pinky Mali.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar and sons Jay and Parth to express his condolences. He also met Sharad Pawar and other family members.
Published on January 29, 2026
