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Jay Pawar, lad of Maharashtra's precocious Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, has shared a purported video connected societal media alleging that VSR Ventures proprietor Rohit Singh was seen dozing disconnected successful the main pilot's spot during a flight, and demanded his contiguous arrest.
He besides demanded that each craft of VSR Ventures beryllium grounded till the enquiry into his father's plane crash is completed.
VSR Ventures operated the Learjet 45 aircraft which crashed connected January 28, 2026 with Ajit Pawar and 4 others connected committee astatine Baramati successful Pune district.
Sharing the clip connected a societal media platform, Jay Pawar connected Sunday (March 1, 2026) stated, "We mislaid our father...this symptom volition enactment with america for a lifetime. In this video, Rohit Singh, proprietor of VSR, is seen dormant successful the main pilot's spot during the flight. Such negligence portion the craft is successful the aerial is unacceptable. This is highly superior and shocking." He demanded that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) instrumentality contiguous and strict enactment successful the matter.
"All VSR craft indispensable beryllium grounded with contiguous effect until a implicit probe is conducted, and Rohit Singh should beryllium arrested without hold and subjected to stringent ineligible action. This is simply a son's anguished appeal...for my begetter and for the information of each passenger," helium said.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) connected Saturday (February 28, 2026) released the preliminary study connected the plane crash and said the visibility astatine the clip of the clang was beneath the required level.
It flagged fading marks connected the runway and the beingness of escaped gravel connected the runway aboveground astatine Baramati, arsenic it recommended the regulator DGCA to guarantee that stakeholders support information standards astatine uncontrolled airfields. Jay Pawar expressed disappointment implicit the AAIB's report.
"I work the preliminary report. I consciousness symptom and americium disappointed that the study was not elaborate and complete. People of Maharashtra and the families who mislaid their loved ones successful the mishap should get transparent accusation astir the level clang and each the questions should beryllium answered," helium added.
The precocious Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader's younger lad besides demanded strict enactment against the full fleet of VSR Ventures.
"DGCA grounded immoderate craft of VSR connected the ground of immoderate loopholes. A anticipation tin not beryllium ruled retired that different craft besides person akin loopholes," helium said.
"If superior discrepancies are recovered successful pursuing the rules and SOPs, past alternatively of taking enactment against immoderate aircraft, enactment should beryllium taken against the full fleet," helium demanded.
“The DGCA, portion giving topmost penchant to the information of passengers, should deliberation of halting the full operations of VSR Ventures,” helium added.
