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Navi Mumbai Student Beaten Over Marathi Language Demand, Police Launch Probe

The assault underscores ongoing language vigilantism by MNS activists despite the state’s repeal of Hindi mandates.

The student asked everyone to speak in the Marathi language or else Raj Thackeray will come,
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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.