India, Aug. 2 -- Following the desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on July 26, the Yavat gram panchayat, on Wednesday, passed a resolution to identify "outsiders" settled in the town and take appropriate action against them.

Yavat is a prominent town with a population of 20,000 on the Pune-Solapur highway and a major marketplace in the Daund tehsil. Considering MIDC areas, jaggery factories, brick kilns many families from Marathwada, and other states settle here.

Villagers claimed that an accused involved in the desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an outsider who had settled here. To protest against this, a community march was held in Yavat on July 27.

Sarpach Sammer Durge said, "A resolution w...