PATNA, Nov. 25 -- Bihar's new home minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday warned action on criminals and mafias in the state regardless of their clout and connections, adding that the state machinery will also intensify the monitoring of social media as nobody could be given the freedom to vitiate the atmosphere through unsubstantiated or provocative posts.

He said this after interacting with the police top brass for the first time after taking charge. He said that the focus of the police in the state would be on maintaining the rule of law established by chief minister Nitish Kumar and create a sense of fear in the minds of anti-socials through multiple initiatives. "We will improve and strengthen it further," he said.

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