Overview
- A confrontation on September 27 between SRFTI students and members of the ABGP, an organisation linked to the RSS, left several students injured and prompted multiple FIRs and hospital visits.
- Students have kept an academic boycott in place and suspended classes while demanding arrests, explicit security measures and that investigative evidence such as CCTV footage and medical records be made public.
- The West Bengal government formed a six‑member SIT that submitted an initial report to the state, and police say they have identified around 250 people from video footage, but the report has not been released.
- On October 4, supporters of the Bangiya Hindu Jagaran Manch marched to the institute gate, tried to force entry and hurled stones, bricks and bottles into the campus, producing scuffles, injuries and arrests as police stopped a breach.
- Coverage has split along political lines, with some outlets and artists stressing threats to free expression and police lapses while others relay protesters’ claims of desecrated images, leaving accountability and campus safety contested and unresolved.