Following Pawar’s demise, Member of Vidya Prathisthan and close associate of his family, Kiran Gujar, revealed NCP’s chief’s last wish.

The WHO has assessed India’s recent Nipah virus cases as low risk, saying there is no evidence of increased human-to-human spread. With cases limited to West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, the agency has advised against travel or trade restrictions and urged continued monitoring.

He was a retired Deputy SP with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). They have a son, Dr Ujjwal Vignesh.