It is not known yet how the owners of the shop were identified as wrongdoers by the administration. "The mob had gathered outside these shops and we are still investigating who are responsible for the violence," Abhishek Yadav, a senior officer of the local police, said.

There is also no law regarding sealing and auctioning property of the guilty to recoup money for damages in public property through violence or clashes.

Thirteen people died in protests held across 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh Friday.

-Source. I have never heard this much emphasis on destruction of public property in any previous riots/clashes before.

Shouldn't they try to compensate the dead people's families or at least individuals whose vehicles have been burnt first?

Also, isn't closing internet and imposing curfew magnitudes more damaging to economy than some public property?