Fadnavis was speaking at a review meeting on the Maha AI platform held at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Disaster Management Minister Girish Mahajan, senior bureaucrats, and officials from the IT and AI departments were present

In a written reply to a question raised by several members, Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, said Ahilyanagar district recorded 5,141 complaints in 2025 involving digital arrest scams, share trading frauds, hotel rating scams, and malicious APK and PDF files, resulting in losses of Rs 37.76 crore