Ahead of the Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict, Maharashtra Police's Cyber wing is in the process of partnering with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms to block or pulling down content inciting hatred, intending to disturb communal harmony or create adverse law and order situations. A daylong seminar was conducted at the Mantralaya on Friday where legal teams of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram guided over 50 police officers from all districts and commissionerates on how to deal with inflammatory content.

A dedicated team has been formed by the Cyber department to keep a close eye on social media accounts which may try to disturb harmony, especially in Mumbai, which witnessed the 1993 communal riots.