India, March 18 -- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the communal violence that broke out in parts of Nagpur city on Monday was a pre-planned attack and there was a specific pattern behind the riots by groups of people.

Violence broke out in Nagpur's Mahal area on Monday after members of Hindu right-wing outfits including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal held a demonstration near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in Mahal area.

Fadnavis said after a first information report (FIR) was lodged against VHP and Bajrang Dal protesters at Ganeshpeth police station, a mob of people gathered in the Hansapuri and Attar Road areas with weapons and stones and shouted slogans to instigate viole...