Censorship

A group of over a dozen Hindutva men barged into the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune on Tuesday afternoon, launching an attack on students, including females. The attackers, chanting “Jai Shri Ram,” set fire to the FTII Students’ Association banner that bore the message “Remember Babri, death of constitution,” accompanied by derogatory slogans.

The attackers also vandalized a wall displaying photos that students had arranged in remembrance of Babri. The assailants targeted FTIISA president Mankap Nokwoham, general secretary Sayantan Chakrabarty, and two other students including a female student, resulting in their hospitalization at Sassoon Hospital.