Agitating protesters damaging property must face the law: Supreme Court

SC bench has appointed a nodal officer for each district to act in the sabotage or vandalism cases

Those who destroy public property, hold people to ransom and disturb the law and order situation during violent agitations should bear serious implications with jail terms and exemplary fines. The leaders or office bearers must be liable to present themselves for questioning at a police station within 24 hours. On failing to attend the questioning without giving any satisfactory reason, they will be proceeded against as a suspect first and absconder later, said the Supreme Court. 
 

Agitators cannot vandalise public property and hold everything to ransom to get their demands met, said the apex court bench underlining that those involved