Was pilot a suicide bomber? NCP MLC's Ajit Pawar crash claim sparks row
India Today
A political controversy has erupted in Maharashtra following allegations of a possible conspiracy behind a plane crash linked to Ajit Pawar. The issue has sparked heated debates and demands for transparency from investigating agencies across the state.
A political storm has erupted in Maharashtra after a senior Nationalist Congress Party leader publicly questioned whether a plane crash allegedly linked to Ajit Pawar was merely an accident, or something far more sinister.
In Maharashtra’s Akola district, NCP MLC Amol Mitkari set off controversy during a Shiv Jayanti programme by drawing parallels between the alleged aircraft incident and the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Addressing the gathering, Mitkari asked, “Was this just an accident, or was there a deeper conspiracy behind it?”
He went further, invoking the Sri Lankan militant organisation Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which was responsible for Gandhi’s assassination in 1991.
“Just as the LTTE assassinated Rajiv Gandhi, was a similar conspiracy hatched in Ajit Pawar’s case?” Mitkari said. “Was Captain Sumit Kapoor flying the aircraft as a suicide bomber?”
Mitkari also cast doubt over whether Captain Sumit Kapoor had in fact died in the crash. Referring to claims reportedly made by the pilot’s wife, he said, “If his wife says he is alive, then who died in that accident?”
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