Updated On: 29 January, 2026 03:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Riteish Deshmukh attended the funeral of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in Baramati and paid his last respects. Several political leaders and thousands of mourners gathered for the last rites held with full state honours

Riteish Deshmukh and Ajit Pawar
Grief swept through Baramati in Pune district on Thursday as Maharashtra bid farewell to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who lost his life in a tragic plane crash. His last rites were performed with full state honours.
Several political leaders arrived in Baramati to attend the funeral of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Actor Riteish Deshmukh, son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, also arrived in Baramati to pay his last respects.