In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old student allegedly took his own life in the Thane district of Maharashtra after he was assaulted by a group of people on a local train following a row over not speaking in the Marathi language , police stated on Thursday.

Arnav Laxman Khaire, a first-year science undergraduate, was found hanging in his flat in Kalyan East on Tuesday evening, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kalyanji Gete. Also Read | Caught on camera: Receptionist kicked, pulled by hair at clinic in Kalyan

"Arnav was travelling to his college in Mulund on a local train on Tuesday morning when the assault took place between Kalyan and Thane stations," he said.

Gete reported that the teenager's father, Jeetendra Khaire, alleged that Arnav had asked a fellow pass

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