Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that the cost of damage to public property during recent riots in Nagpur will be recovered from arrested rioters. Over 100 people have been arrested, with more arrests likely as police review CCTV footage. Fadnavis warned of potential bulldozer action against rioters and seizure of their properties if they cannot pay for damages.
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00:00Now days after the riots that have broken out in Nagpur, Maharashtra Chief
00:04Minister Fadnavis has stated that the cost of damage to public property
00:08during the violence will be recovered from the writers who've been arrested.
00:12Chief Minister Fadnavis also stated the properties of the writers would be
00:16seized and sold if they cannot pay the costs and clearly sent across a message
00:21of bulldozer action being taken if needed.
00:30Over 100 people have already been arrested for Nagpur riots.
00:41Maharashtra police is still going through CCTV footage and more people are likely to be
00:45arrested soon. Now Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has vowed to make the
00:49writers pay for the damages.
01:05Chief Minister Fadnavis also warned that if needed bulldozer action will be taken against the
01:10rioters.
01:31BGP leaders are also claiming that workers of Shiv Sena UBT, NCP Sharath Pawar and AIMIM
01:38are also involved in the riots.
02:04Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar hosted an iftar party in Mumbai
02:19and assured Muslims will not be targeted.
02:45Interestingly, Ajit Pawar's declaration comes after Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane's
02:49back-to-back statements against the Muslims.
02:53Nitesh's father Narayan Rane, who is also a BGP MP, took a jibe at Ajit Pawar over his statement.
03:06Arson and vandalism broke out on March 17 in Nagpur over the burning of an
03:11Aurangzeb effigy, with rioters setting some vehicles on fire.
03:15More than 30 police personnel were also injured during the violence.
03:19With Mustafa Sheikh in Nagpur, Bihar Report, India Today.