Pune, May 5 (PTI) Residents of Paud village and adjoining areas in Pune district observed a shutdown on Monday to protest the desecration of a local deity allegedly by a teenage boy.

Amid a huge outrage, a motorcycle rally was organised by 'Sakal Hindu Samaj' calling for the unity of Hindus. Commercial establishments remained closed to condemn the incident.

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No untoward incident was reported, police said.

Following the desecration incident that occurred in Paud village under Mulshi tehsil on May 2, the 16-year-old boy was detained and his 44-year-old father was arrested.

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"A bandh was observed in Paud and adjoining areas and commercial establishments downed their shutters voluntarily. A huge bike rally was taken out from Pirangut village to Paud and a memorandum was submitted to the tehsildar seeking stern action against the accused," a Paud police station officer said.

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