Updated On: 31 March, 2023 05:51 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Clashes took place between different groups in Aurangabad city of central Maharashtra as well as in Malvani area of Mumbai on Thursday

Sanjay Raut. File Pic
The communal clashes that took place in Maharashtra and elsewhere on Ram Navami were "government-sponsored", Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut claimed on Friday, adding that the state government wanted to use the tensions as a pretext to deny permission to a rally of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Clashes took place between different groups in Aurangabad city of central Maharashtra as well as in Malvani area of Mumbai on Thursday.