Satish Deshmukh, a 40-year-old activist travelling with Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange for a protest at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, died of a heart attack near Junnar in Pune district on Thursday morning. He complained of chest pain near Lenyadri and was rushed to a hospital in Narayangaon, where he was declared dead. Jarange termed the death "unfortunate."