Thane men beat up women for saying ‘excuse me’ instead of speaking in Marathi

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Thane men beat up women for saying 'excuse me' instead of speaking in Marathi



The man, who lives on the ground floor of the same building, allegedly twisted the arm of the pillion rider, they said in a complaint filed at Vishnunagar police station.Four or five women and two young men from his family gathered and allegedly beat up the two women.Eyewitnesses said they showed no concern for the nine-month-old baby.`Excuse me’ is a common courtesy and the accused’s reaction was unwarranted, the complainant said.Senior inspector Sanjay Pawar of Vishnu Nagar police station told PTI that investigation was underway.No First Information Report has been registered yet, he said, adding that police were probing if the incident arose from a past dispute.Workers of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had recently launched an agitation demanding that staff at banks in Maharashtra should speak to customers in Marathi.The United Forum of Bank Unions wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, stating that people claiming to be MNS activists have been visiting bank branches and intimidating staff.Thackeray later asked his workers to cease the agitation.



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