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Twenty people were today booked under the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016 for allegedly boycotting a girl's family after she accused a youth of raping her, police said. The youth was arrested yesterday, said officials, and was remanded in police custody for 14 days. Police said that the case under the Act was registered after Sadu Bhau Bhurbude of Bhokarpada in Rajewadi locality here filed a complaint that 20 people had stopped the girl's family from interacting with others as well as participate in community functions.