Where bulldozer is needed, it will be used: Fadnavis

CM says the cost of damage caused by Nagpur violence will be recovered from the rioters

- Pradip Kumar Maitra

NAGPUR: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the cost of the damage caused by the communal violence in Nagpur last week would be recovered from the rioters. "In Maharashtra, we take action our own way. Where a bulldozer is needed, it will be used. Any wrongdoing will be crushed, and no one will be spared. Whatever damage has happened will be recovered from the rioters. If they do not pay the money, their property will be sold to recover the damages. Wherever required, bulldozers will also be used," said Fadnavis, while addressing the media in Nagpur on Saturday.

The chief minister, who hails from Nagpur, arrived in the city on Friday night and met senior police officials and district administration authorities, including commissioner of police, Ravinder Singal and district collector Vipin Itankar. After reviewing the law-and-order situation, Fadnavis reiterated that individuals who attacked police personnel would not be spared, as the state has a zero-tolerance policy towards violence of any sort.