Mumbai: The official website of the Maharashtra government was allegedly hacked, forcing the state Information Technology department to lodge a formal complaint with the city police today.

The website -- www.maharashtra.gov.in -- has been blocked now and reportedly had some Arabic content posted on it by the hacker, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria told PTI here.

"The IT department has lodged an FIR with the police after which the miscreant will be traced out," he said.