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Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) [NCP(SP)] MLA Rohit Pawar connected Friday (March 6, 2026) wondered if the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) truly questioned VSR Ventures proprietor V.K. Singh oregon extended him “royal hospitality”.
Singh was questioned astatine the CID bureau successful Pune connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) successful transportation with the January 28 level crash that killed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and 4 others successful Baramati. VSR operated the plane, a Learjet 45 aircraft.
According to officials, Singh was questioned for much than 7 hours, and his connection was recorded. He was allowed to permission the CID bureau astir 7.30 p.m.
“Suspicion has present arisen implicit whether V.K. Singh, the proprietor of #VSR company, who is considered 1 of the radical liable for the unfortunate decease of Ajit Dada, was summoned by the CID for questioning oregon for royal hospitality,” Mr. Pawar wrote successful a societal media post.
The NCP(SP) person said Singh arrived astatine the CID bureau astatine 11 a.m., and it was claimed that helium was questioned for respective hours.
“But successful reality, astir of that clip was reportedly spent taking attraction of him and extending hospitality. At night, helium was adjacent escorted distant similar a impermanent successful a constabulary conveyance with black-tinted windows,” said Mr. Pawar.
“No substance however galore achromatic curtains are drawn to fell the truth, the prima of information successful this lawsuit volition yet rise,” said Mr. Pawar.
“On 1 hand, contempt it being our rightful demand, adjacent an FIR regarding this mishap is not being registered. On the different hand, V.K. Singh, whose craft snatched Ajit Dada distant from us, is being fixed VIP attraction nether whose blessings?” helium asked.
Mr. Pawar besides claimed that the media persons who had gone to the CID bureau to screen the substance were treated severely by the police.
“In specified circumstances, volition the ruling MLAs who worked with Ajit Dada and called themselves his ‘trusted’ colleagues yet aftermath up now?” helium asked.
After the level crash, an accidental decease study was registered astatine the Baramati Taluka constabulary station, and the lawsuit was aboriginal transferred to the Pune CID. Earlier, the State bureau had said that its absorption was to ascertain if sabotage oregon transgression negligence led to the Baramati tragedy.
“Days earlier V.K. Singh's questioning, the CID had sent a acceptable of questions to VSR Ventures successful transportation with its probe into the level crash,” a root had said connected Thursday (March 5, 2026).
Mr. Pawar had alleged connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026) that idiosyncratic was trying to prevention VSR Ventures, and claimed that a preliminary probe by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) vindicated the doubts earlier raised by him.
In its 22-page preliminary study connected the aerial tragedy, the AAIB said the visibility astatine the clip of the clang was beneath the required level. It besides flagged fading marks connected the runway and the beingness of escaped gravel connected the runway surface.
