A resident watches a televised news report on a plane crash at home in New Delhi, India, Jan. 28, 2026. (Photo by Deepak Prakash/Xinhua)

NEW DELHI, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Five people, including the deputy chief minister of India's western state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, were killed Wednesday in a plane crash at Baramati airport in Pune, Maharashtra state, officials said.