India, July 17 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers allegedly assaulted a Marwadi shopkeeper in Mumbai's Vikroli over allegedly posting a WhatsApp status "insulting the Marathi community" and forced him to apologise.

This comes days after similar incidents were reported where the workers of the Raj Thackeray-led party assaulted people over their stance on the Marathi language.

In a video that has surfaced online, MNS workers surrounded the shopkeeper outside his shop to confront him about his WhatsApp post. The group then allegedly rebuked and physically assaulted the man to force him to issue a public apology to the entire Marathi community.

The shopkeeper held his ears and folded his hands while apologising.

The video shows M...