Overview
- Students’ sit-in entered its fourth day on Thursday, October 15, and classes have been suspended at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute since September 28.
- The SRFTI Students’ Union has formally demanded Vice‑Chancellor Santosh Ajmera’s resignation, revocation of disciplinary notices and formation of independent inquiry panels in a letter to chairman Suresh Goel.
- Institute officials say eight students were served show‑cause notices for alleged graffiti and misconduct and that the vice‑chancellor’s office was vandalised with shattered windows, cut A/C and water lines and damaged furniture.
- Students counter that they were attacked off campus on September 27 and October 4 by groups they link to the RSS and that institute staff tried to forcibly remove protesters on October 6–7, with both sides’ accounts disputed.
- The stoppage has halted shoots and classes, exposed a roughly 100‑bed hostel shortfall and pushed students to consult lawyers and seek central intervention, making an external probe or mediation the likely next step.