Nashik, February 12 A case has been registered against six MNS supporters in Nashik city, Maharashtra, for allegedly assaulting and threatening a staff member of a coaching class chain for "forcing" students to speak in Hindi.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, which took place on Wednesday at a Physics Wallah branch on Nashik's Sharanpur Road.
A group of men entered the coaching class and allegedly slapped Abhinav Kumar, accusing him of troubling Marathi-speaking students and forcing them to speak in Hindi.
The accused claimed to be members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). They allegedly demanded that all Hindi-speaking teachers should be asked to resign.
Following a complaint filed by coaching class manager Yash Kumar Trivedi, a First Information Report was registered against six persons at the Sarkarwada police station under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 115 (2) (assault), 126 (unlawful restraint), and 351 (criminal intimidation).
A notice was also issued to the accused, and further investigation is underway, officials said.