Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday asserted that the government would recover the cost of property damage caused during the violence in Nagpur from the rioters.
Addressing the reporters in Nagpur, the CM said: "If culprits of violence fail to compensate, their properties will be seized and sold to recover the losses."
Fadnavis also vowed to take strict action against those who attacked police officers during the violence.
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He refused to call it an "intelligence failure", but said the intelligence (gathering) could have been better.
Accordingd to CM, 104 individuals have been identified for their alleged links in the violence following an analysis of CCTV footage and video recordings. Action has been initiated against 92 people, including 12 minors, as per the law, he added.
The violence erupted on March 17 after rumours spread that a ‘chadar’ with religious inscriptions had been burnt by protesters, seeking the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
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He said the situation in Nagpur is calm now, and efforts were made to relax the curfew imposed in a few areas.
