Opposition parties on Wednesday questioned the Maharashtra government over the law and order situation in the state, and said it could not prevent the violence in Nagpur due to its intelligence failure, reported news agency PTI.

Nagpur city witnessed violence on Monday night as stones were hurled at police amid rumours that the holy book of a community was burnt during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad's agitation seeking the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.