New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old student allegedly took his own life in the Thane district of Maharashtra after he was assaulted by a group of people on a local train following a row over not speaking in the Marathi language, police stated on Thursday.

Arnav Laxman Khaire, a first-year science undergraduate, was found hanging in his flat in Kalyan East on Tuesday evening, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kalyanji Gete.

"Arnav was travelling to his college in Mulund on a local train on Tuesday morning when the assault took place between Kalyan and Thane stations," he said.

Gete reported that the teenager's father, Jeetendra Khaire, alleged that Arnav had asked a fellow passenger in Hindi to move sl...