India, Oct. 24 -- An Air India passenger claims he was threatened by a co-passenger for not speaking in Marathi. The incident occurred on board an Air India flight from Kolkata to Mumbai on October 23. Mahi Khan shared footage of his verbal confrontation with his co-passenger - an as-yet unidentified woman who apparently started threatening him for not knowing Marathi.

"If you're going to Mumbai, you should know Marathi," the woman was heard saying in a video that Khan shared on Instagram.

HT.com has reached out to both Khan and Air India for a statement. This copy will be updated on receiving a response.

In his Instagram video, Khan alleged that he was threatened by the woman after he refused to speak in Marathi.

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