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A recent incident involving a Western Railway ticket checker who forced a Marathi-speaking couple to converse in Hindi has sparked widespread outrage and condemnation..
The couple, who were speaking in Marathi, were abruptly interrupted by the ticket checker, who insisted that they speak in Hindi..
When the couple politely declined, the ticket checker reportedly became aggressive and threatened to detain them...
According to initial reports, a couple with a valid train ticket was pressured by a non-Marathi-speaking TTE, identified as Rakesh Maurya, to speak in Hindi..
Calling the incident "disrespectful to the Marathi language," the Samiti staged a protest at the railway masters office in Nalasopara station...
