Overview
- Four classmates, including Faizan Naik, allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old student outside Motilal Jhunjhunwala College in Vashi after he urged peers to switch to Marathi in their WhatsApp group.
- Naik is accused of striking the victim on the head with a hockey stick, leaving him with serious injuries that required hospital treatment.
- Vashi police have registered a First Information Report under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and initiated a formal investigation into the assault.
- MNS spokesperson Gajanan Kale and party workers met police officials to demand swift and stringent action against those involved.
- The attack marks the latest incident in a series of assaults by MNS activists enforcing Marathi, underscoring deepening linguistic divides in Maharashtra.