The community prayer was held at the memorial of Balasaheb Thackeray, located in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Maidan in the Dadar area of Mumbai

The event follows the tragic case of a student from the Kalyan area in Thane who reportedly committed suicide after being assaulted

The student committed suicide in Maharashtra's Thane district after a group of people allegedly assaulted him on a Mumbai local train following an argument over not speaking in Marathi, police said on Thursday.

The teen's father has lodged a complaint, alleging that he committed suicide due to the mental stress caused by the beating, he said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered and a probe is underway.

The deceased, a first-year science student, hanged himself at his apartment in Kalyan East on Tuesday evening, an official said.