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SRFTI Students Demand Answers After Alleged Campus Assaults
Students at a film school said people from outside the campus attacked them.
The students had objected to a programme held by the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat.
Some students were injured, including one who reportedly suffered a slash wound.
Two others were taken to a hospital with head injuries.
The students asked why the organisation was allowed to use their school’s theatre.
They also said the attackers used insulting political labels against them.
School officials met the students and created two committees to investigate.
The alumni group asked for better safety rules and action against those responsible.
Students at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute staged a silent protest after alleged assaults on campus.
Campus sources said one student suffered a slash wound and two others with head injuries were hospitalized.
Students questioned why the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat was allowed to hold a programme at the film school.
The institute announced committees to review past venue rentals and its auditorium-rental policy.
No arrests had been made by Monday evening, while alumni demanded accountability and stronger campus security.
- Who
- Students, authorities and alumni of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute; members of the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat were alleged by students to have attacked them.
- What
- Students protested alleged assaults on campus and demanded answers about venue access, safety and administrative accountability.
- Where
- At the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute campus; two injured students were admitted to a private hospital off EM Bypass.
- When
- The alleged violence occurred on Sunday; students protested and met institute officials on Monday.
- Why
- Students said they were attacked after objecting to the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat programme and argued that the institute had failed to protect them.
Students and Alumni
Organisers and Institute Authorities
Use of the campus venue
Students and Alumni
Students questioned why an organisation they said had no connection with films was allowed to use the institute’s Main Theatre, and alleged the venue may have been chosen to provoke trouble.
Organisers and Institute Authorities
The Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat says it works to raise consumer awareness; institute authorities announced a review of past venue rentals and the auditorium-rental policy.
Responsibility for the violence
Students and Alumni
Students alleged that members of the organisation beat and chased them after they objected to the programme, and demanded immediate action and stronger protection.
Organisers and Institute Authorities
The article does not include a direct response from the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat or confirm the identities of those responsible; no arrests had been made by Monday evening.
Political expression on campus
Students and Alumni
Students used posters criticising the RSS and Prime Minister Modi’s reference to “intellectual Naxals,” saying such labels were intended to silence dissent.
Organisers and Institute Authorities
The article reports the students’ interpretation but does not provide a response from Prime Minister Modi or the RSS to their claims.
Key facts
- Programme organiser
- Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, which says it works to raise consumer awareness
- Venue
- The Main Theatre at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
- Reported injuries
- One student reportedly suffered a slash wound; two others with head injuries were hospitalized
- Institute response
- Officials met students and announced two committees
- Committee responsibilities
- One committee will examine organisations allowed to rent the theatre over the past two years; another will review auditorium-rental policy
- Legal status
- No arrests had been made by Monday evening
- Alumni demands
- The SRFTI Alumni Association sought accountability, stronger security, background checks and stricter venue-rental rules
Quotes
An SRFTI student
A student protesting the alleged assault and the programme’s permission
“We told the SRFTI administration that they have to ensure the safety of the students. Many first-year students stay in PG accommodations around the campus. They are being threatened by Right-wing goons. We have told the SRFTI administration to ensure their safety.”
telegraphindia.com
“We want to ask the SRFTI administration why an RSS organ that has no connection with films was allowed to hold a programme on the campus....”
telegraphindia.com
Members of the alleged attacking group
People allegedly heard chasing and assaulting SRFTI students
“Dimagi Naxals, go away.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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