Collegian’s suicide after train assault: Thane Police file abetment case

Police on Saturday registered a case of abetment against unidentified persons in connection with the alleged suicide of a 19yearold college student in Maharashtra days after he was allegedly assaulted on a local train for not speaking in Marathi news agency PTI reported quoting officersThe victim allegedly took the extreme step at his apartment in Kalyan on Tuesday eveningState Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday spoke to the teenrsquos family members on video call and assured them that the government was committed to ensuring justice in the case PTI reportedPolice said two teams have been constituted to investigate the incident and trace the assailantsBased on a complaint lodged on Saturday by the victimrsquos father the police registered a case of abetment to suicide an officer saidIn his complaint the 46yearold said his son was travelling from Kalyan Railway Station to his college in Mulund on November 18 when he was allegedly beaten by unidentified persons on a local train after being questioned for not speaking in Marathi PTI reportedDuring the altercation the attackers reportedly asked him why he did not speak in Marathi despite him being a MaharashtrianHe stated that the ldquomental stressrdquo caused by the ldquobrutal beatingrdquo may have driven his son to take the extreme step and demanded legal action against those involvedFollowing the complaint a case was registered at Kolsewadi Police Station in Thane District under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS sections 108 abetment of suicide and 1152 voluntarily causing hurt Police had earlier filed an accidental death reportTo ensure swift investigation Kalyan Police have formed two dedicated teams officers saidThey added that the probe is being carried out with the assistance of the Railway Police to identify the assailants involved in the train assaultThe police have also appealed to commuters who witnessed the incident on November 18 to come forward and share informationWill those inciting linguistic hatred take responsibility for Marathi teenrsquos suicide asks BJPrsquos Chitra WaghMaharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader Chitra Wagh has questioned whether political leaders who ldquoincite hatredrdquo against speakers of other languages will take responsibility for the alleged suicide of an 18yearold youth in Thane districtWithout naming any party Wagh who is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday accused certain leaders of ldquosowing the poison of hatred about other languagesrdquo for political gainldquoWhat was his victimrsquos fault He used to travel by first class but his pass had expired so he took a secondclass ticket Just because he spoke a few Hindi words he was badly thrashed The politics of putting up one language against another has created this messrdquo she saidldquoThese socalled leaders send their children to Englishmedium schools even abroad Do these kids speak Marathi when they go to partiesrdquo she askedCalling the incident a result of ldquolanguage fanaticismrdquo Wagh said ldquoNo sin could be greater than inciting such hatred which led to the death of a Marathi teenager A group of Marathi people killed a Marathi teen for speaking a few Hindi words This language fanaticism should be stoppedrdquoWith PTI inputs