Speaking at a peace committee meeting yesterday, District Collector Saurabh Rao said that rioters who damaged public and private property last week would have to bear the losses for the same. People from Hindu and Muslim communities attended the meeting, which also saw the participation of several political leaders.

Meeying point: Policemen, citizens, and bureaucrats attended the peace committee meeting

“The mobsters, irrespective of the organisation they belong to, will face action under Article 51 of the Bombay Police Act, applying which the district administration would recover the losses of damaged property, whether public or private, from the protesters who damaged it,” said Rao.