Ajit Pawar death: Sons Parth and Jay perform last rites at Vidya Pratishthan

The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were performed on Thursday at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati by his sons Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar amid a massive outpouring of griefThe last rites of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar were performed on Thursday at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati by his sons Parth Pawar and Jay Pawar amid a massive outpouring of griefAjit Pawar funeral Live updates Follow our live blog for realtime updatesAmit Shah CM Fadnavis among leaders at funeralA large gathering of supporters and political leaders attended the funeral including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Earlier in the day full state honours were accorded as Pawarrsquos mortal remains were taken to the Vidya Pratishthan groundFamily members supporters pay emotional farewellPawarrsquos wife Sunetra Pawar and other family members were present during the final rites Senior Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde along with his daughter Praniti Shinde also attended the funeral Supporters raised slogans of ldquoAjit Dada Amar Raherdquo as the mortal remains arrived at the venue Pawarrsquos nephew Rohit Pawar and several relatives were among those presentDGCA forensic teams visit crash site ADR registeredMeanwhile officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA and forensic teams reached the crash site in Baramati to investigate the aircraft accident that claimed Pawarrsquos life along with four others Personnel from the National Disaster Response Force NDRF and the Maharashtra Director General of Police were also present at the siteThe Pune Rural Police have registered an Accidental Death Report ADR at the Baramati Taluka Police Station and initiated further investigation into the crashSixtime Deputy CM longestserving in nonconsecutive termsAjit Pawar 66 and four others were killed when a midsize business jet crashlanded in Baramati on Wednesday morning The aircraft had departed from Mumbai at 810 am for Baramati where Pawar was scheduled to address rallies ahead of the upcoming rural body electionsAjit Pawar was the longestserving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra nonconsecutively He served in the position for six terms within various governments He had worked as deputy chief minister in the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan Devendra Fadnavis Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde