President of the Panchayat Bhaskar Rakhamaji Shinde, vice president Laxman Shinde, and members Ramnath Dhumal, Bhima Dhumal, Shivaji Kumbharkar and Madhukar Kumbharkar were arrested yesterday after Anna Hingmire, who belongs to this nomadic tribe, approached the police.
According to Hingmire, his family was ostracised by the Panchayat because his daughter had married outside the community. The family was also asked to pay fine, he alleged.
Similar allegations were made by a few other families too.