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.
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