The Maharashtra Minority Development Department has clarified that no files were digitally signed and no minority status certificates were issued on January 28, the day Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati, reported news agency PTI.

In a detailed statement released late Monday night, the department asserted that there was no official processing or approval of applications on that day. It emphasised that no certificates were distributed and no new files received digital signatures through its system.