The Karnataka government plans to recover damages for the August 11 riots in east Bengaluru from the accused, but the process, which involves attaching and auctioning off their property, will be tricky. Identifying properties which can be legally taken over won’t be easy as most of the accused are not title owners of the places where they live or work. Only title owners’ assets can be seized and sold off. Many suspects are poor and barely have any assets that can be used to recover the cost of damage caused to public and private property in DJ Halli and KG Halli localities. An MLA’s house and two police stations were attacked and over 130 vehicles were torched or wrecked. Scores of police personnel were injured in the violence. 'The main problem is that the majority of the accused we arrested are from poor families and have no property in their name. Some may own land, but it’s going to be difficult to prove their involvement in property destruction during the riots,' said a police officer who is a part of the investigations in the DJ Halli case. Apart from land, assets like share certificates and statutory bonds can be seized to compensate victims, but they should be in the accused’s name. Police have arrested about 350 people and plan to round up some more. Some officers said proving allegations against every suspect would be difficult. Some rioters seen in videos are yet to be arrested.