Mitkari calls for narco test on VSR Director VK Singh, claims he has links with the underworld

Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLA Amol Mitkari has requested a narco test on the Director of Delhi-based air charter company VSR Ventures, VK Singh, claiming that he has underworld connections and had allegedly threatened the family of flight attendant Pinky Mali, who was on the ill-fated aircraft that crashed on January 28 at Baramati, killing the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Amol Mitkari also visited the hospitalised mother of Pinki Mali. Speaking to media persons after his visit, Mitkari referred to an audio clip that was with Pinky Mali’s mother, saying, “When I met Pinki Mali’s mother, she played an audio for me. Pinky Mali’s family has been threatened not to speak to the media about the air crash.”

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“V K Singh has links with the underworld and a narco test must be conducted on him,” Mitkari demanded.

Mitkari also said that, given the serious nature of the statement made by VSR Ventures flight attendant Pinky Mali’s mother, Ajit Pawar’s younger son, Jai Pawar, will meet the Mali family soon.

Meanwhile, VSR Ventures Director V K Singh, who recently recorded his statement before the CID, blamed the pilot, Captain Sumit Kapoor, for the January 28 air crash that killed the late Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

VK Singh was questioned by the CID for three days. According to Singh, Captain Sumit Kapoor is at fault for the January 28 air crash, which killed everybody on board, including flight attendant Pinky Mali and the late Ajit Pawar.

“I am not at all at fault in this. If I am at fault, punish me severely,” VK Singh told the CID, which is yet to file any FIR.

Reacting to Singh’s statement to the CID, Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar said, “The CID has stated that the investigation into the air crash is still at an early stage. It is not known how credible the recently released AAIB report is. Sometimes reports claim the black box burned, and sometimes that it was recovered. If what was actually recorded in the black box has not come out yet, then how does VK Singh know that it was the pilot’s fault within a short time after the accident?”

“Singh has claimed that the air crash was due to the pilot’s fault. So perhaps he plans to put somebody else before the barrel of the gun and slip away. Until concrete and reliable information about Ajit Dada’s air crash is released by the investigating agency, nobody should believe in baseless discussions,” Rohit Pawar said.

Earlier, Rohit Pawar said, “Former Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, I request you to answer. Did you attend the wedding of Rohit Singh, the son of the owner of VSR Ventures? If you did, then you should tell the people who the other leaders present at that wedding were and which parties they belonged to. Show Maharashtra whether you are selfish or a true follower of Ajit Dada. I expect you to hold a press conference and explain.