Taking cue from UP police, Gujarat police also to recover money for damage during anti CAA protests from violent protestors

Ahmedabad/Vadodara: Taking a cue from UP police, the Gujarat police has also decided to recover the money for damage caused to public property by violent protestors during the recent anti CAA protests from the accused in the related cases.

Public property was damaged during two such protests in Ahmedabad and Vadodara on December 19 and 20 respectively.

Police today said that Vadodara police would recover the loss to the tune of Rs 40 thousand (damage to vehicles) from the accused of the stone pelting event in Muslim dominated Hathikhana area of the city.

More than 25 accused have been arrested in connection with the violence that erupted in communally sensitive Hathikhana area of the city after the residents of the locality raised objections to police shooting a video outside the mosque. A mob confronted the police over the videography and started pelting stones, while shouting slogans against the citizenship amendment act. The police resorted to firing in air and lobbing tear gas shells to control the situation.

Damage to the public property was also caused in Shah e Alam area of Ahmedabad city on December 19 when violent mob resorted to violence and stone pelting. A police officer of the Ahmedabad crime branch today said that the police would move to court to seek permission for the recovery of the damage from the accused.

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