Prabhakar alias Bhaiyya Deshmukh claimed he was bundled out along with other farmers by police when they tried to enter Chavan's residence 'Varsha' at Malabar Hill here to "lodge their protest" on the issue of scarcity of water.
Deputy Police Commissioner Nisar Tamboli said the farmer was not allowed to go inside the bungalow as the Chief Minister was not there and clarified that Deshmukh was not "detained".
Deshmukh, who has been on a fast at the Azad Maidan from February 5, alleged that the state government had no sensitivity towards the plight of the drought-affected people.
"We had reached Varsha and were trying to get inside when police held us, packed us into four vehicles and took us to the police station," Deshmukh said.
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The farmer came into media glare after Pawar made insensitive remarks regarding his protest at Indapur last week, saying, "There is this person from Solapur, sitting on hunger strike for 64 days demanding water be released from the dam. But where are we going to get water from? Should we urinate? And when we don't have water to drink, its hard to pass urine as well."
The NCP leader had later apologised for the remarks, calling it the "biggest mistake of his political life".