Ameet Satam's supporters gather outside his Andheri office as teen's suicide fuels linguistic row in Mumbai

Supporters of Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam rallied behind him on Saturday after reports that MVA supporters attempted to reach his party office in Andheri in the wake of the alleged suicide of 19-year-old Arnav Khaire, triggering a fresh language row in the city. (PICS/ SHADAB KHAN)

Updated On: 2025-11-22 08:49 PM IST

Compiled by : Anushree Gaikwad

Supporters of BJP's Ameet Satam outside his Andheri office on Saturday evening. PIC/ SHADAB KHAN

A community prayer seeking “wisdom and social harmony” was offered by Satam at Balasaheb Thackeray's memorial in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Maidan, Dadar, in Mumbai on Saturday

A 19-year-old college student died by suicide on Wednesday evening in Teesgaon Naka area of Kalyan East near Mumbai. His father alleged that the teen took the extreme step after being assaulted on a local train for not speaking Marathi

According to a complaint filed by his father, the student was allegedly beaten up by a few young men while travelling to his college in Mulund

Meanwhile, the Congress in a counter-attack, has accused BJP of trying to polarise voters on communal lines ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections

On Saturday, Congress workers staged a protest Satam's outside. Later, they were detained by the police

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