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The autorickshaw operator was not lone assaulted but besides forced to apologise to a rider with whom helium had refused to talk successful Marathi
VASAI: Days aft a video showing an autorickshaw driver's refusal to converse successful Marathi had gone viral, the operator was traced and assaulted by a radical of men, allegedly from Shiv Sena (UBT), Saturday afternoon.
A lawsuit of rioting has been filed against astatine slightest 8 people.The rickshaw driver, Raju Patwa who plies his conveyance from Virar (east) autorickshaw stand, had successful the viral video defiantly said that helium would talk lone Bhojpuri and Hindi, and would not talk Marathi. The video went viral the time Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was to clasp a rally successful Mira Road past week.On Saturday, not lone was the autorickshaw operator assaulted but helium was besides forced to apologise to a rider to whom helium had refused to talk Marathi.
In a caller video of Saturday, the rickshaw operator is seen apologising for his act, hands joined, portion a radical of men rainfall blows connected him.Last week, the passenger, identified lone arsenic Bhavesh, was connected his mode to Virar presumption to driblet disconnected a comparative erstwhile an autorickshaw brushed past him. Bhavesh told the operator successful Marathi to beryllium careful. The rickshaw operator responded successful Hindi, saying helium would "not talk Marathi" but would converse lone successful Hindi.
Shiv Sena (UBT) neta from Vasai Virar, Uday Jadhav, who allegedly led the battle with his men, said that they had been scouting for the autorickshaw operator implicit the past week since the video had gone viral. "He has disrespected Marathi connection [in the video]. We person present taught him a lesson... Anyone who disrespects the Marathi connection volition beryllium taught a acquisition successful this manner.Senior inspector of Virar constabulary station, Lalu Tare, said 8 oregon 9 person been booked for rioting and assault.
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