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Kolkata Film School Student Describes Alleged Mob Knife Attack
Mahesh is a 24-year-old student at a film school in Kolkata.
He comes from an Adivasi family in a remote village in northern West Bengal.
He earned his place at the school after passing a difficult screening process.
Mahesh said that on Sunday, 27 September, people chased him.
He ran into his hostel and knocked on doors for help.
Another student let him hide in a room.
After reaching safety, Mahesh noticed that his back was bleeding.
He said doctors found a six-inch wound caused by a sharp object.
The article does not identify who attacked him or explain why it happened.
Mahesh, a 24-year-old SRFTI student, said he was chased on Sunday, 27 September.
He ran into his hostel and found shelter in a fellow student’s room.
He later discovered that his back was bleeding from a slash caused by a sharp, knife-like object.
Mahesh said doctors told him the wound was six inches long.
He studies direction and screenplay writing at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata.
- Who
- Mahesh, a 24-year-old student at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, described the incident; the alleged attackers were not identified.
- What
- Mahesh said he was chased and slashed on the back with a sharp, knife-like object.
- Where
- Inside and around the hostel of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata.
- When
- Sunday, 27 September; the year is not specified.
- Why
- The articles do not state why the alleged attack occurred.
Key facts
- Student
- Mahesh, 24; his name was changed
- Institution
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
- Location
- Kolkata
- Course
- Direction and screenplay writing
- Incident date
- Sunday, 27 September
- Injury
- A six-inch slash wound on his back
- Shelter
- A fellow student provided refuge inside the hostel
Quotes
Mahesh
A 24-year-old SRFTI student studying direction and screenplay writing
“It felt like a bad film plot, where the villains are chasing a defenceless person—he somehow runs inside his hostel and bangs on different doors until one door opens and [the person on the other side] offers him shelter, potentially saving his life. That’s what happened.”
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“I had been slashed with a knife-like sharp object. I asked the senior who had sheltered me to take a photo. I was devastated just looking at it. The doctors later told me the wound was six inches long.”
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