NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said there should be a probe into the air crash in which Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed.

Pawar was among the five killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Wednesday morning, officials said.

The Learjet 46, operated by Delhi-based VSR Ventures, crash-landed at the Baramati airport. There were five people on board, including the crew members, according to aviation regulator DGCA.