Updated On: 23 July, 2025 05:31 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Amid the ongoing Marathi language row, Vashi Police have registered a case against four men for assaulting a 20-year-old student outside a college in Navi Mumbai. The altercation began when the victim asked one of the accused to speak in Marathi. He was struck with a hockey stick and severely injured. Police have launched an investigation.

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Amid all the chaos and ruckus happening in Maharashtra related to the Marathi language row, Navi Mumbai Police have registered a case against a man and three others. The case has been registered for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old student in Navi Mumbai's Vashi area with a hockey stick after the latter asked him to speak in Marathi.
According to police officials, the incident took place at around 10:30 am on Tuesday outside a college in Vashi, as reported by news agency PTI.
An official from Vashi Police Station asserted that the victim is a resident of Pawane village in Airoli and filed a complaint in this connection.