Mumbai, May 29 -- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday staged a symbolic protest and arrived at the Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) office in Pune carrying a lock and heavy metal chain, expressing dissatisfaction over the progress of the CID investigation into the death of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash.

The incident comes four months after the crash, with Rohit Pawar alleging that no central agency has taken up a detailed investigation into the case. He said the symbolic act was aimed at highlighting what he termed inaction by investigative agencies.

Pawar alleged that since the agencies were not functioning effectively in the matter, he wanted...