Teen Daughter of Maharashtra MLA's Aide Found Dead in Baramati

The body of a teenage girl, the daughter of a personal assistant to a Maharashtra legislator, was discovered near her home in Baramati on Sunday morning, August 23, 2026, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances of her death. The deceased has been identified as the daughter of Ajit Dashavatare, the personal assistant to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SCP) MLA Rohit Pawar.

According to authorities, the girl, whose age was reported as 15 in some accounts and 12 in others, had been missing since the previous evening. Police reports indicate she had a minor disagreement with her mother on Saturday night and left home in anger. When she did not return, her family filed a missing person complaint with the local police station late that night.

An extensive search involving family, friends, and police personnel was conducted overnight. On Sunday morning, her body was found near the premises of her family's building in the Sainagar area of Rui village, Baramati tehsil. The body was subsequently transported to Baramati Government Medical College and Hospital for a postmortem examination.

MLA Rohit Pawar, who arrived at the medical college where the postmortem was underway,...