Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers slap supermarket employee for not speaking in Marathi

Workers of Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday allegedly slapped a D-Mart employee in Mumbai for not speaking in Marathi. The video of the incident is going viral on social media.

The incident took place at the D-Mart store in Versova, Andheri (West), news agency PTI reported.

The altercation began after the store employee told a customer, “I will not speak in Marathi, I will speak only in Hindi. I don’t know Marathi. Do what you want to do."

Following this, when the MNS came to know about the employee’s comments, a group of workers led by the party’s Versova unit president Sandesh Desai went to the store and allegedly slapped the staffer.