Kharghar Tragedy: Ajit Pawar Writes To Maha Guv Demanding Clarification On Reason Behind Deaths

Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar on Friday stated he has written a letter to the Governor searching for info on the precise variety of loss of life toll throughout the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. The NCP chief whereas talking to reporters stated that there nonetheless stays confusion over the variety of individuals killed throughout the occasion and the precise motive behind the incident, regardless of officers claiming that 14 individuals died resulting from heatstroke.

The NCP chief stated, “I wrote to the Governor to get info on what precisely occurred in Khargar, there may be confusion in regards to the precise loss of life toll too. Some persons are saying that throughout the occasion some amenities weren’t given. We have now not obtained the autopsy report but. I’ve requested for it by way of RTI.”

Pune, Maharashtra | I wrote to the Governor to get info on what precisely occurred in Khargar, there may be confusion in regards to the precise loss of life toll too. Some persons are saying that throughout the occasion some amenities weren’t given. We have now not obtained the autopsy report but. I… pic.twitter.com/ydNPUqJGUj

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2023

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut too alleged that the official determine of individuals killed throughout the occasion was not true. He accused the Shinde authorities of hiding the actual figures of fatalities. Information company PTI quoted him as saying, “In case you take a look at the full determine from all of the villages (from the talukas in Raigad) then a minimal of fifty and most of 75 individuals have died. ‘Khoke sarkar’s (a time period the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena makes use of to mock the Eknath Shinde-led authorities) individuals reached their houses and suppressed the voice of members of the family..”

In the meantime, the Maharashtra authorities has introduced the appointment of a committee to research the incident. This one-member committee might be appointed by the Further Chief Secretary of the Income Division and its report might be submitted inside a month.