India, March 21 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has pointed fingers at poor social media monitoring as a major lapse in handling the recent Nagpur violence. Speaking at an ABP Majha event, Fadnavis emphasized that tracking online activity on the day of the incident could have helped the police anticipate and counter the violence. However, he firmly denied any intelligence failure and defended the police response as appropriate.

He raised concerns over social media messages containing Bengali content and hinted at a possible larger conspiracy, given its use in Bangladesh as well. Fadnavis, who also heads the state's home department, admitted that social media surveillance on that day was not up to the mark and stressed the...