Paramanand Hevalekar and his wife offering aarti at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' residence.
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' attempt to make good with one of the protesters outside the Mantralaya by inviting him to his official residence for a puja was turned on its head when it was later discovered that the man had a chequered past.
Fadnavis found himself in the slightly embarrassing position on Thursday when the state machinery realised - a little too late - that Paramanand Hevalekar and his wife, who had sat on a dharna with a Ganesha idol in front of Mantralaya to seek action against the villagers who had boycotted him, was an absconder.
Reports from Sawantwadi have said that Hevalekar was accused of molesting a neighbour three years ago. When the matter was reported to the police, he absconded. Arrest warrants for the same were pasted on the door of his residence in Mahadevache Karvade village.
Reports said that Paramanand was also reported to the police for writing letters that were in bad taste.
Unaware of the allegations, Fadnavis invited the villager and his wife to his official residence Varsha on Thursday morning.
Sources in the government said that senior police officials in the Sindhudurg district were probing the matter.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Fadnavis found himself in the slightly embarrassing position on Thursday when the state machinery realised - a little too late - that Paramanand Hevalekar and his wife, who had sat on a dharna with a Ganesha idol in front of Mantralaya to seek action against the villagers who had boycotted him, was an absconder.
Reports from Sawantwadi have said that Hevalekar was accused of molesting a neighbour three years ago. When the matter was reported to the police, he absconded. Arrest warrants for the same were pasted on the door of his residence in Mahadevache Karvade village.
Reports said that Paramanand was also reported to the police for writing letters that were in bad taste.
Unaware of the allegations, Fadnavis invited the villager and his wife to his official residence Varsha on Thursday morning.
Sources in the government said that senior police officials in the Sindhudurg district were probing the matter.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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