A hawker was allegedly beaten up by the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navinirman Sena (MNS) workers in Badlapur town of Thane district on Monday for allegedly making objectionable remarks about Marathi language and its speakers, reported the PTI.

A video of the incident went viral on social media. It showed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers shouting slogans condemning the hawker, thrashing him and then making him apologise in public.