India, March 25 -- On Monday, bulldozers tore down the two-storey home of Fahim Khan, described by the Nagpur police as "an instigator, if not the mastermind" of the violence that consumed Central Nagpur a week ago. The move follows a warning from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday that the rioters would have to pay for the damage wrought by the violence, even if it meant using bulldozers on their property.

According to Khan's neighbours, Khan's family went missing on Sunday night, taking their belongings with them. No one knows their whereabouts, the neighbours claimed. Hours later, at 9.30 am on Monday, a team of anti-encroachment personnel, backed by 150 policemen, cordoned off Khan's home and then tore it down.

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