Pune, Feb. 23 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) workers staged a protest in Pune's Swargate area on Saturday night, blackening buses with Karnataka number plates. This action followed the assault of a Marathi-speaking bus driver in Chitradurga, Karnataka, who was allegedly attacked for not speaking in Kannada.

According to the police, action will be taken against those responsible for blackening the buses.

"As soon as we got to know that Shiv Sena (UBT) workers were going to come here and do something, we immediately dispatched force. They were successful in spraying black colour on one bus. Not much damage has been done," DCP Smartana Patil told ANI.

"The accused have been detained by the police, and legal action will follow... 4-5 people have been ...