images
Five students of FTII arrested in midnight crackdown
Pune, Aug 19 (IBNS) Five students of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were arrested from campus after midnight on Tuesday and about a dozen more were charged as the standoff between students and authorities over centre's choice of the institute's chief escalated to a new height.
Reports said at around 1.30 am, the students were arrested and taken to the police station following a complaint by the institute's director Prashant Pathrabe.
They will be produced in court on Wednesday.
Pathrabe's First Information Report names 17 students, including three girls who have not been arrested till now.
The director filed a police complaint after he was held captive in his office for seven hours on Monday by students who refused to let him go until they were heard.
Pathrabe finally called the police; students claim they were mistreated and manhandled.
Top Headlines
-
News
Operation Sindoor: BJP leader shares video of 'demolished' Jaish-e-Mohammad HQ in Pakistan
May 07, 2025
-
News
Ensure smooth functioning of essential services: Amit Shah tells states in security review meet after Operation Sindoor
May 07, 2025
-
News
Operation Sindoor focussed on dismantling terrorists' infrastructure: Foreign Secy Vikram Misri
May 07, 2025
-
News
Operation Sindoor: Who are Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh briefing the world?
May 07, 2025
-
News
India's water will be used for country's benefit: PM Modi on Indus Treaty suspension
May 07, 2025
-
News
PM Modi inaugurates Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala worth Rs. 8,800 crore
May 02, 2025
-
News
PM Modi gives 'full freedom' to forces to avenge Pahalgam terror attack
April 29, 2025
-
News
Canada's Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now on course to win the federal election and form the government for the fourth consecutive term, a rare event in the country's politics.
April 29, 2025
-
News
Ready to resume talks with Ukraine without preconditions: Putin tells US envoy as Trump warns of tougher actions
April 26, 2025
-
News
'Either our water will flow or their blood': Pakistan leader Bilawal Bhutto after India suspends Indus Waters Treaty
April 26, 2025
