A private plane crashes in western India and kills a deputy chief minister and 4 others

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Supporters of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar pay homage near his photograph at the Nationalist Congress Party office in Mumbai, India after he was killed when a private plane carrying him crashed in western India on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)