India, Nov. 22 -- A day after it was revealed that a 19-year-old student from Kalyan died by suicide after he was purportedly harassed for not speaking in Marathi, despite being a Maharashtrian himself, in a crowded local train earlier this week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pointed to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly stoking a divide over language in the state, even as the Kolsewadi Police formed three special teams to investigate the incident.

On Friday, the BJP accused the Thackeray cousins of spreading "hatred over language", and will hold a prayer meeting for the deceased teen at Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's memorial on Saturday. Mumbai BJP chief A...