Overview
- NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawar alleged that VSR Ventures owner V. K. Singh is trying to edit the aircraft’s flight data recorder and warned that any tampering would be caught in a forensic audit.
- Rahul Gandhi backed demands for a fair and transparent probe after meeting Rohit Pawar and noted that no FIR has been registered in the case.
- The DGCA’s multidisciplinary audit flagged operational non-compliances and triggered a special safety audit of operator VSR Ventures.
- Multiple inquiries are underway, with Maharashtra’s CID and the CBI examining whether sabotage or criminal negligence played a role, and the CID has recorded Singh’s statement.
- Opposition leaders say detailed debates have been curtailed in the state Assembly and in Parliament, while Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar urged waiting for the final report.