A group of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members confronted a nationalised bank's manager in Thane's Ambernath town for not communicating in Marathi, flaring tensions in the area, reported news agency PTI.

The incident unfolded on Wednesday when the MNS activists entered the bank in the town adjoining Mumbai and aggressively confronted the manager, accusing him of failing to use the official state language Marathi while interacting with customers.