Archive · 29 Sep 2026
No arrests after violence at SRFTI leaves students injured
Violence happened at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute on Sunday.
Students were protesting a programme organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat.
Some students entered the programme venue and shouted slogans.
People involved in the event said the students attacked them.
Institute officials said the organisers attacked the protesting students first.
Several students and two faculty members were reportedly injured.
Two students needed surgery for serious cuts.
Police filed three cases but had made no arrests by Monday evening.
The two sides gave different accounts of who started the violence.
Police had made no arrests by late Monday evening after violence at SRFTI.
Three FIRs were filed against unknown persons over the campus violence and damage.
Several students were injured, while two underwent surgical treatment at Desun Hospital.
Students and institute officials blamed event organisers, while ABGP alleged students attacked them.
ABGP president Pankaj Roy demanded that the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act be applied.
- Who
- Students, event organisers from the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, SRFTI officials, police, and faculty members were involved.
- What
- Violence occurred during a student protest, leaving several people injured and prompting three FIRs against unknown persons.
- When
- The violence occurred on Sunday; police had made no arrests by late Monday evening, when two students underwent surgery.
- Where
- The incident took place at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute; two injured students were treated at Desun Hospital.
- Why
- Students were protesting an ABGP-organised programme, but the parties disagree over who initiated the physical violence.
Students and SRFTI officials
ABGP event organisers
Who started the violence
Students and SRFTI officials
SRFTI officials said the event organisers attacked protesting students, including kicking one student without provocation. Students also reported being hit by bricks and said a female student was physically assaulted.
ABGP event organisers
An ABGP member alleged that students attacked people attending the programme after entering the venue and raising slogans.
Nature of the incident
Students and SRFTI officials
The institute’s registrar and dean said multiple students were hurt, including students injured on the back, head, and neck, and that two faculty members were seriously injured.
ABGP event organisers
ABGP organised the programme and sought strong legal action, with its state president demanding that the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act be applied to the students.
- Institute
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)
- Programme organiser
- Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat (ABGP)
- Police action
- Three FIRs were filed against unknown persons
- Arrests
- None reported by late Monday evening
- Injuries
- Several students were injured; two underwent surgical treatment
- Hospital treatment
- One student had a forehead laceration and frontal-bone dent; another had a cut on the right upper lip
- Legal demand
- ABGP state president Pankaj Roy demanded application of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act