India, Aug. 2 -- Nationalist Congress Party NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday requested Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to handle the communal incident that took place in Pune's Yavat over an objectionable social media post by a youth of a different community, people aware of the developments in the NCP said.

The development comes a day after a mob vandalised properties and indulged in arson in Yavat over an objectionable post allegedly uploaded on social media by a youth from a different community.

They also pelted stones on a religious site leading to communal tension in the area. A motorcycle was set ablaze and a bakery was damaged.

Tear gas was used by the police to control the situation. Since then, a curfew has...