The Nagpur civic chief, Abhijeet Chaudhari, on Wednesday issued an unconditional apology to the Bombay High Court for demolishing houses of riots accused allegedly involved in the Nagpur violence, reported the PTI.

In an affidavit filed before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, Chaudhari explained that civic officials were unaware of the Supreme Court’s guidelines concerning the demolition of properties linked to accused individuals in such cases.