‘Spoken to in English’, family thrashes 3 in Thane

KALYAN: Reportedly angry over being addressed in English when asked to make way, a family allegedly thrashed their neighbours in Dombivli on Monday. Both families filed cross-complaints of assault.

Police said resident Ritesh Dhoble had some relatives over, who were blocking the building's entrance. A neighbour, Poonam Gupta, holding her infant, and a friend asked them to move aside in English, which prompted the Dhobles to demand they speak in Marathi.

They were then attacked, as was Gupta's husband when he intervened. The Dhobles claimed the Guptas attacked them.