Victims allege that attackers demanded they speak in Marathi; as a video of the incident went viral, police said they were conducting a preliminary probe into the matter
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Two women, one of them carrying a baby in her arms, were on Tuesday beaten up in Dombivli for allegedly saying “excuse me” instead of speaking in Marathi. As a video of the incident went viral, police said they were conducting a preliminary probe into the matter. The incident took place in the morning when the women, who were on a two-wheeler, were entering the premises of the housing society they lived in.
When the woman who was riding the scooter said “excuse me” to a young man who was obstructing the entrance, he allegedly took offence, demanding that she speak in Marathi, she claimed. 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 an investigation was underway. No FIR 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 MNS had recently launched an agitation demanding that staff at banks in the state should speak to customers in Marathi.
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