Officials from Pune rural police said multiple cases of armed robberies and house break-ins were reported from areas such as Alephata, Shikrapur, Shirur, Ranjangaon, Narayangaon, Daund in Pune Rural jurisdiction and Belvandi and Parner areas of Ahmednagar district.
The police have invoked the Maharashtra Protection of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, legislation which bans caste panchayats and other practices of social boycott, against the nine members of the Nathpanthi Davari Gosavi, which is a nomadic tribal community.
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The pandal was being erected for the outreach programme ‘Shasan Aplya Dari’ in Pune’s Purandar tehsil to be held on Thursday. The government has postponed the event due to ‘unavoidable reasons’.