Mumbai, March 6 -- Nationalist Congress Party (SP faction) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday alleged a potential conspiracy behind the accident involving a plane carrying Ajit Pawar, claiming that a "big power" is shielding VSR, the aircraft operator in the case.

Speaking to ANI, he said, "We feel there is some conspiracy behind Ajit Pawar's accident, which involved a plane from VSR."

Pawar claimed that the same operator, VSR, was involved in a 2023 incident where then-CM Eknath Shinde's plane faced security threats in Iranian/Iraqi airspace.

"When his plane entered Iranian airspace and later Iraq, it was told that if the plane didn't leave their airspace in 5 minutes, then those countries had no option but to shoot down the aircraft," he alle...