Overview
- The dispute began when a scuffle broke out on September 27 after the institute allowed an event by the RSS-linked Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, prompting students to suspend classes the next day.
- Students said a large rally reached the college gate on Sunday, October 4, when stones and bottles were thrown from outside and two female students suffered head injuries.
- SRFTI filed a formal complaint and the institute has raised barricades, installed guardrails and planned gate strengthening and barbed wire while police maintain access control at the main entrance.
- The West Bengal government has formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the September 27 and October 4 incidents, but no arrests have been publicly reported and students say that is not enough.
- Students are demanding written safety assurances from the Union information ministry, FIRs against attackers and the resignations of the vice‑chancellor and registrar, and allied student bodies have voiced solidarity.