Air India Passenger Abused by Women for Not Speaking in Marathi

As the debate over Marathi in Maharashtra rages on, a passenger travelling via Air India on Thursday, October 23 shared a video of him being threatened by a woman for not speaking in Marathi on flight.

The passenger shared a video of the incident on social media platform, Instagram. In the video the Instagram user @mahinergy (Mahi Khan) is seen being confronted by a woman for not speaking Marathi. 

In the video captioned “This happened to me in AI676”, Khan is seen questioning the woman



“Are you asking me to speak in Marathi?” to which the woman, who refused to identify herself responded, “Yes, please do.”

The reason for the argument over the language is unknown.

Irked over the issue, Khan is heard saying, “No I won’t speak Marathi.” The woman further said, “You are going to Mumbai, you should know Marathi.”

When the man asked the fellow passenger not to misbehave, the woman said, “Get down in Mumbai and I will show you what misbehaviour is.”