Police register three FIRs after clashes at Kolkata film institute

Tensions escalated at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata after students confronted members of a right-wing consumer group conducting an event within the campus premises. The altercation prompted police intervention and subsequent filing of three FIRs related to the incident.

According to police statements, students allegedly obstructed and wrongfully restrained officers who were present at the scene during the clash. Authorities have characterized the student actions as unlawful detention of on-duty personnel, forming the basis for one of the three cases registered.

The incident underscores ongoing tensions between student groups and organizations holding events at educational institutions across India. The exact nature of the event being conducted by the consumer group and the specific triggers for the student protest remain unclear from initial police accounts.

Investigations into all three FIRs are currently underway. The institute has not yet issued an official statement regarding the incident or the circumstances that led to the clash between the two groups on its campus.