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LUCKNOW: Initiating the attachment process of the property of those responsible for destroying public property during the anti-CAA protests, the district administration on Tuesday served showcause notices to 100 persons. Identified on the basis of CCTV and video footages, the accused have been asked to explain why their assets should not be attached to compensate for the loss to public property.

The notices were served on the basis of a 2010 high court order directing the state government to compensate for the loss to public property caused during violent agitations from those indulging in such violent acts. The district administration swung into action after chief minister Yogi Adityanath instructed the authorities to initiate action against the mischief mongers as per the provisions of the HC ruling.

Earlier on December 21, district magistrate (DM) Lucknow Abhishek Prakash had constituted a four-member committee comprising Additional DMs of City East, West, Trans Gomti and ADM administration (rural) to identify those responsible for damaging public property during December 19 violence in Lucknow and issue notices to them.

ADM (Trans-Gomti) Vishwa Bhushan Mishra told TOI that on the basis of CCTV footage filed by local police, the trouble makers were identified and were issued noticed with instruction to file a detailed reply within the next seven days. “If those issued notices are unable to explain that they were not responsible for the losses, a recovery certificate will be issued, based on the assessment of the damages,” he said. Lucknow DM Abhishek Prakash said the entire process will be completed in 30 days.

