B-Town condemns arrest of FTII students
Five students were arrested from the campus on charges of rioting
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-19 18:19 GMT
Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities Shekhar Kapur, Rajat Kapoor, Hansal Mehta and Resul Pookutty criticised the arrest of five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus on charges of rioting.
The arrest comes after a group of striking students had on Monday gheraoed the institute director, Prashant Pathrabe, protesting against "irrational and unjustified" assessment of the incomplete diploma projects.
The gherao came amid now 71 days of protest against the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Chauhan as chairman of Film and Television Institute of India. Acting on a complaint filed by Pathrabe, police lodged an FIR against 15 students. Of them, five were arrested on charges of rioting under Section 353 of the IPC, police said.
There was a time #FTII was considered one of the best film schools in Asia and produced some brilliant talent. What happened?
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) August 18, 2015Police arrive in the middle of the night at #FTII , arrest 40 students.So are they really anti nationals?!or are Police implementing orders
— resul pookutty (@resulp) August 18, 2015Its shocking that the government can not find the right person with the right vision for FTII- they'd rather let it develop into this mess!
— Rajat Kapoor (@mrrajatkapoor) August 18, 2015One night at #FTII- In which an absurd government does absurd things, then absurdly blames the students. http://t.co/JivmpeGEg7
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 19, 2015No statement criticizing the govt. has a logical response. Just abusive trolls. Abuse is the operative word in our democracy.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) August 19, 2015